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Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.

Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.

Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..

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

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.

Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..

Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Indenturing :: Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indentur.

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..

Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

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

Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him..

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..

Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.

Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f

Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..

Heart :: Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart..

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