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Definition of indent

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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..

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Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service..

Indenture :: Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.

Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..

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..

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.

Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..

Indention :: Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4..

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..

Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..

Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..