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

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..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..

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

Pit :: Pit (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox..

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

Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..

Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

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

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..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..

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

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..

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

File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..

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

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..

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