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Indentation :: Indentation (n.) 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..

Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..

Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..

Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..

Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..

Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration

Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..

Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..

Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..

Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..

Pit :: Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.

Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..

Indentedly :: Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.

Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble..

Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..

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