Definition of indent

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Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

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Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.
Indented :: Indented (imp. & p. p.) of Inden.
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..
Engrailed :: Engrailed (a.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Crenelate :: Crenelate (v. t.) To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
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