Indent(v. t.)
- To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
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.
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.
Indent(v. t.)
- To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.
Indent(v. t.)
- To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
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.
Indent(n.)
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
Indentation(n.)
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Indentation(n.)
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
Indentation(n.)
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
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.
Indentation(n.)
- The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
Indentations
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Indentation's
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Indented(a.)
- Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Indented(a.)
- Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
Indented(a.)
- Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
Indented(a.)
- Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
Indented(a.)
- Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.