| indene | (n) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins |
| indent | (n) an order for goods to be exported or imported |
| indent | (v) set in from the margin, Example: Indent the paragraphs of a letter |
| indent | (v) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication, Example: indent the documents |
| indent | (v) make a depression into, Syn. dent, Example: The bicycle dented my car |
| indent | (v) notch the edge of or make jagged |
| indentation | (n) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline), Syn. indenture |
| indentation | (n) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line, Syn. indenture, indent, indention |
| indentation | (n) the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions |
| indenture | (n) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt |
| indenture | (n) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term |
| Indent | 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [ India ] Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indent | v. i. 1. To be cut, notched, or dented. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indent | n. 1. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A stamp; an impression. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [ India ] Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indentation | n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Print.) (a) 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. (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hanging indentation, or
Reverse indentation, indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line; also called a hanging indent. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Indented | a. 1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Zool.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Indentedly | adv. With indentations. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indenting | n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indention | n. (Print.) Same as Indentation, 4. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indentment | n. Indenture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Indenture | n. [ OE. endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See Indent. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master. [ 1913 Webster ] The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and indented by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Hence: A contract by which anyone is bound to service. [ PJC ] |
