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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..

Impress :: Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence..

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..

Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

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..

Indentedly :: Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.

Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..

Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

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..

Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

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

Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..

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

Indention :: Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4..

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..

Pit :: Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.

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..

Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.

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