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dented, ppl. a.|ˈdɛntɪd|
[orig. f. dent v. + -ed; but afterwards identified with, and assimilated in sense to, L. dentātus, F. denté toothed.]
†1. Bent inward; incurved, hollowed. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xcv. (1495) 842 The teeth [of a serpent] ben dentyd Inwarde and ben crokyd [transfigit aculeo & dente flectitur in se]. 1583Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 28 His ships hee kenneld..vnder an angle Of rock deepe dented [sub rupe cavata]. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 340 This vulgar kinde of hyæna..in the middle of his back..is a little crooked or dented.
†2. Hollow, sunken. Obs.
1540Surrey Poems, How no age is content 16, I saw my withered skin How it doth shew my dented chews, the flesh was worn so thin.
3. Having dents or indentations, indented, toothed; † in Her. = indented (obs.).
1552Huloet, Dented, crenatus. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 30 Ermyne on a chiefe dented, Gules. 1578Lyte Dodoens ii. vi. 153 His leaves be..dented or tothed. 1692Banister in Phil. Trans. XVII. 672 There is a small [shell] of the Land-kind, with a dented Aperture. 1776Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 371 Leaves..slightly dented at the end. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 87 The ragged, and dented edges of the strata. |