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Definition of Indented
Indented Indented In*dent"ed, a.
1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
--Milton. Shak.
3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
indented servant.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Notched along the margin with a different
color, as the feathers of some birds.
Indented line (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short
faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving
a flanking fire along the front of the next.
Indented Indent In*dent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF.
endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See
Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]
1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth;
as, to indent the edge of paper.
2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a
smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
3. [Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract;
to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to
a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
4. (Print.) 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.
5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for
military stores. [India] --Wilhelm.
Indent Indent In*dent", v. i.
1. To be cut, notched, or dented.
2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. --Shak.
To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.
--South.
Indent Indent In*dent", n.
1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess
like a notch. --Shak.
2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]
3. 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. --D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.
4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the
commissariat of an army. [India] --Wilhelm.
Indent Indent In*dent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF.
endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See
Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]
1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth;
as, to indent the edge of paper.
2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a
smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
3. [Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract;
to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to
a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
4. (Print.) 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.
5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for
military stores. [India] --Wilhelm.
