Definition of indent

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

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Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Deed Poll :: Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented..
Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..
Imprint :: Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
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..
Indentment :: Indentment (n.) Indenture.
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
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..
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..
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..
Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
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..
Indenturing :: Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indentur.
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