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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
