Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..

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Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..
Indenturing :: Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indentur.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous..
Indentment :: Indentment (n.) Indenture.
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Nick :: Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
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..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite..
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
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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