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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Follower :: Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Grater :: Grater (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Impress :: Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Indenturing :: Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indentur.
Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..
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..
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
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..
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..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
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