Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..

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Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
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..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..
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..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble..
Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, 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..
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..
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
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..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
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..
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