Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..

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Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
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..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
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..
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..
Indented :: Indented (imp. & p. p.) of Inden.
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
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..
Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
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..
Heart :: Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart..
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..
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