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.
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.