Definition of indent

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Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.

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Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
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..
Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..
Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
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 (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
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..
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
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..
Crenelate :: Crenelate (v. t.) To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.
Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
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