Definition of indent

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

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Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
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..
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..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
Indentedly :: Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Imprint :: Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
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..
Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..
Land :: Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
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..
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
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