Definition of indent

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Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..

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Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Imprint :: Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
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..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous..
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
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..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
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..
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