Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indented"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

indented
adj 1: having repeated square indentations like those in a
battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {embattled},
{crenelated}, {crenelate}, {crenellated}, {crenellate}]
2: having the central portion lower than the margin; "a
depressed pustule" [syn: {depressed}]


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