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Webster 1913 Edition
Indented
In-dent′ed
,Adj.
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 ordinary4.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured;
as, an
. indented
servant5.
(Zool.)
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.
Definition 2024
indented
indented
English
Verb
indented
- simple past tense and past participle of indent
Adjective
indented (comparative more indented, superlative most indented)
- Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
- Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, IV. iii. 113:
- it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:
- (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
- an indented border or ordinary
- Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
- an indented servant
- (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.