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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 ordinary
.
4.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured;
as, an
indented
servant
.
5.
(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.