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

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..

Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..

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..

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

Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.

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

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..

Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

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..

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

Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.

Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..

Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary..

Indentment :: Indentment (n.) Indenture.

Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..

Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

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

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