Definition of indent

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Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..

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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..
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..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him..
Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
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..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
Indentment :: Indentment (n.) Indenture.
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