Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..

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Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..
Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.
Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.
Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite..
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..
Indentment :: Indentment (n.) Indenture.
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