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

Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.

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..

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

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..

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.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..

Indenturing :: Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indentur.

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..

Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..

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..

Deed Poll :: Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented..

Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.

Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

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

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him..

Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f

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

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

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