Definition of indent

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Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..

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Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
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 (n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..
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..
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores..
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop..
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