indentn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɪndɛnt/,

/ɪnˈdɛnt/, U.S.

/ənˈdɛnt/,

/ˈɪnˌdɛnt/

Etymology: < indent v.¹

I. An incision or indentation.

1. An incision in the edge of a thing; a deep recess, strictly of angular form; an indentation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] > an indentation in the edge

dentinga1425

dent1552

indent1598

insection1653

denture1685

indentationa1728

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 101 It [the Trent] shall not wind with such a deepe indent, To rob me of so rich a bottome here.

1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xviii. §2 The whole in Circumference, traced by the compasse of her many indents, one hundred twentie and eight miles.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 268 A cut, or an indent into the coral rocks, about a hundred foot broad.

1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 40 Simmon's Bay, a cove or indent on the western shore.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Idalia III. v. 140 The cliffs..rose aloft, curving inward, and shaping one of the many indents of the irregular southern coast.

2. Printing. The blank space or set-in at the commencement of a paragraph: = indention n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > indentation

indention1824

indentation1864

insetting1867

indent1884

1884 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV.

II. An indenture, and related uses.

a. = indenture n. 2: in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture

indenture1423

denturec1460

tripartite1480

indent1589

indentment1598

society > communication > record > list > [noun] > inventory

indenture1420

inventar1435

invitory1483

inventuarya1513

inventory?1523

inventaryc1540

invitor1545

titulation1576

indent1710

polyptych1897

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 246 In negotiating with Princes we ought to seeke their fauour..& not..to trafficke with them by way of indent or condition.

a1605 R. Bannatyne Jrnl. Trans. Scotl. (1806) 346 To mak it as it were a contract, to be subsryvit be both the parteis; or rather everie partie to subscryve thair awin part of the indent.

1710 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1868) II. 623 You will call them over by the Indent of the Engineer left when he received them.

1724 S. Sewall Diary 1 Feb. (1973) II. 1012 The Coroner shewed me the Indent of the Jury.

1820 in ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime (1897) 167 The indent having been examined, this certifies seven years have elapsed since sentence of Transportation..was passed.

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 146 Make a note, Mr. Comptroller, to ascertain how it is that the ship's indent was so imperfect.

b. A certificate of a money claim or the like; spec. an indented certificate issued by the U.S. Government, or by a state government, at the end of the War of Independence, for the principal or interest due on the public debt. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond

government securities1707

Sword-blade bond1707

long bond1720

government paper1774

indent1788

premium bond1820

active1835

preference bond1848

investment bond1853

mortgage bond1853

revenue bond1853

municipal bond1858

treasury-bond1858

sices1867

property bond1869

government1870

priority bond1884

municipal1888

income bonds1889

yearling1889

war baby1901

Liberty Bond1917

Liberty Loan1917

victory bond1917

corporate1922

performance bond1938

convertible1957

Eurobond1966

Euroconvertible1968

managed bond1972

muni1973

granny bond1976

bulldog bond1980

Euro1981

granny1981

strip1982

zero1982

1788 M. Cutler Jrnl. 26 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 381 Adventurers who have paid for shares are exceedingly pressing for the Indents, which are to be returned to them.

1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 122 An indented certificate [of loan], commonly called a general indent of the..state of South-Carolina.

1809 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 124 The indents issued upon them [state bonds] for interest, were drawn by David Rittenhouse.

4. An official requisition for stores. (Originally by a covenanted servant of the East India Company.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by asking or entreaty > an order

order1746

indent1799

rush order1889

1799 Duke of Wellington Let. to Lieut. Col. Harness in Dispatches (1837) I. 46 I have desired the commissary of supply to be prepared at Bangalore to answer your indents for every thing that you will want.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 76 Specifying in the indent the contents of the loads.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 76 I shall countersign these indents.

1871 Daily News 21 Sept. Any regimental quartermaster, through the simple medium of an indent, can in any emergency obtain a supply of provisions out of this.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/1 Indents were made on the Medical Department for quantities which soon nearly exhausted the stores at its command.

5. Commerce. An order for goods, esp. one sent to England from abroad.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > imports or exports > types of

sufferance goods1774

run1789

indent1801

export reject1952

parallel imports1966

liftings1973

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 27/1 From the ready sale, the governments abroad were induced to add considerably to their indents.

1879 Commercial Let. We enclose an indent of stationery.

1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Nov. 4/5 The sudden fall in sterling exchange has checked dealers in sending home indents to any extent.

1891 Times 9 Oct. 9/3 Indents come home at rather better figures owing to supplies abroad being light.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

indentn.²

Brit.

/ˈɪndɛnt/, U.S.

/ənˈdɛnt/,

/ˈɪnˌdɛnt/

Etymology: < indent v.²

A dint or depression in the surface of anything, made by a knock or blow; an indentation; hence, any depression, hollow, or furrow in a surface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface

hollowc897

printa1387

impression1398

puncha1430

dent1565

dint1590

dinge1611

doke1615

impressurea1616

depressure1626

depression1665

dawk1678

swage1680

indent1690

sinking1712

dunkle1788

indenture1793

delve1811

subsidation1838

indention1839

recess1839

indentation1847

incavation1852

deepening1859

sink1875

malleation1881

ding1922

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 454^v If a Spherical Body had..here and there some irregular indents made in it.

1782 B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 254 Its surface was full of small indents.

1868 Daily Tel. 3 July This shot made an indent of 4·5 inches, and drove the 12 by 5-inch supports out between two and three inches.

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. ii. 11 On the other [side of the coin] merely the indent formed by the punch used to drive the metal into the die.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 356 A superficial unevenness in the shape of scattered indents or depressions.

figurative.1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) vi. 77 Character..has deeper indents in it than are made by any of the adventitious circumstances that you have adduced.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

indentv.¹

/ɪnˈdɛnt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s endent.

Etymology: < French endenter (Ph. de Thaun, 12th cent.) ‘to snip, notch, iag on the edges’ (Cotgrave), Latin type *indentāre (medieval Latin indentare and Italian indentare ), < in- (in- prefix³) + *dentāre to furnish with teeth, < dens , dent-em tooth; compare dentātus dentate adj.

I. In general sense.

a. transitive. To make a tooth-like incision or incisions in the edge or border of; to notch or jag; now, chiefly, to give a zigzag or strongly seriate outline to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > indent the edge of [verb (transitive)]

indentc1430

to jag in1568

lip1821

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxlviii. 135 She..fyled myn yren and endented it.

c1440 Ipomydon 1641 A barbor he callyd,..And shove hym bothe byhynd and before, Queyntly endentyd, oute and in.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii Take hede thy mower mowe clene & holde downe the hyder hand of his sythe that he do nat endent the grasse.

1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 120 The jaw..is marked with five longitudinal ribs which indent the edges of the plate.

b. To form a deep recess or recesses in (a coastline, etc.); to penetrate deeply. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (transitive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess

indent1555

engulf1632

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 138 It is eaten and indented with two goulfes.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea..By their Meandred creeks indenting of that Land.

1773 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 21 Sept. ⁋17 It is an island..so much indented by inlets of the sea that there is no part of it removed from the water more than six miles.

1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole iii. xii. (R.) The coast..seemed to be indented into creeks and projecting points.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 12/2 Each Part [of the book] overlaps, and indents, and indeed runs quite through the other.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 191 Lochleven, an arm of the sea which deeply indents the western coast of Scotland.

c. intransitive. To recede or form a recess.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > recede or form recess [verb (intransitive)]

retirea1701

retreat1792

indenta1806

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 145 The forms are angular, as well where they indent, or fall in as where they swell out.

1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. App. 667 At the spot here mentioned, the gulf indents eastward.

II. To indent a document, and senses thence arising.

2. transitive. To sever the two halves of a document, drawn up in duplicate, by a toothed, zigzag, or wavy line, so that the two parts exactly tally with each other; to cut the top or edge of two or more copies of a legal document in such an exactly corresponding shape; hence, to draw up (a document) in two or more exactly corresponding copies.This was done in the case of a deed, covenant, agreement, etc. in which two or more parties had an interest, so that one copy was retained by each party; the genuineness of these could be subsequently proved by the coincidence of their indented margins. See indenture n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > sever into two identical halves

indent1385

1385 [implied in: Award betw. Robert Earl of Fyfe & John of Logy 15 May To the wytnes of the qwylkis al and syndry in thir endentyt lettrys contenyt, tyl ilke parte of the forsayde endenturis I hafe put my Cele. (at indented adj.¹ 3)].

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 10 Alle this poyntment aforeseide were wrytene, indentyde, and sealede.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDvi All thynges..that thou haste promysed to god, and be conteyned in thyne obligacion, endented bitwene god & thy soule.

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. J.iiii^v His beleue which was indented & takyn to the clergie and set vp in diuerse opyn placis.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 229 Contracted with me by articles indented vnder our hands.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) v. 232 All other Laws and Ordinances of Sewers..which be but in parchment, and not Indented, or which be indented also, if not sealed, continue in force no longer then that Commission continueth by the power whereof they were made.

1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Dvi^v An Inventorie..shall be Indented, th' one part thereof to remaine in your custodie, and the other in the custodie of the persons charged.

1735 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 601 Articles of Agreement Indented Made, Concluded and Agreed upon at Philadelphia.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xx. 295 If a deed be made by more parties than one, there ought to be regularly as many copies of it as there are parties, and each should be cut or indented (formerly in acute angles instar dentium, but at present in a waving line) on the top or side, to tally or correspond with the other; which deed, so made, is called an indenture.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 103 When a deed begins This Indenture, it must actually be indented, that is, must be cut or scalloped at the top, otherwise it will be a Deed-poll. [This is no longer so: cf. quot. 1845 at indenture n. 2a.]

†3.

a. intransitive. To enter into an engagement by indentures; hence, to make a formal or express agreement; to covenant (with a person for a thing); to engage. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > agree to by contract [verb (transitive)]

covenant1382

covenancea1450

indent1487

contract1548

society > law > legal obligation > contract > enter into or make contract [verb (intransitive)] > enter into indenture

indent1487

indenture1694

1487 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 653 My lorde of Northethomyrlond..hathe endentyd wyth the Kynge for the kepynge owt of the Schottys and warrynge on them.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 22 The said maister of the wardes and liueries..shall haue power..to couenaunt and indent with euery person..for his..liuerie.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 301 Many..do nothing but indent with God vpon a certaine condicion, and binde him to the lawes of their couenanting.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. iii. 367 At last she indents downright with the devil. He is to find her some toies for a time, and to have her soul in exchange.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 115 Thus would I have Ecclesiasticall and civil Historians indent about the Bounds, and Limits of their Subjects.

1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 180 The Servants,..do usually indent with their Masters, when they hire them.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 139 The Persons baptized by John, did also undertake some new conditions, and indent in some Privileges.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §38 612 Courage did not serve them to refuse delivering over the Goals by Indenture to North and Rich, as the Way is; nor to indent with their own Anti-Sherriffs.

1759 O. Goldsmith Pres. State Polite Learning xi, in Wks. (1854) II. 50 I fire with indignation when I see persons wholly destitute of education and genius indent to the press, and thus turn book-makers.

†b. with subordinate clause or infinitive expressing purpose.

ΚΠ

1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 371 He hathe endented with the owners of the schip what daye it schalbe redy.

1480 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 9 I, Iohn lord Howard, endented with the King my sovrain Lord to do him servisse opon the see.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 244 He indented not what reward he should haue.

1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 7 Suppose a free man indents with another to be his servant in some ingenious employment.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 171 [She] indented with Husband, that her Heritable Issue, should assume her Surname.

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 15 Till this Time Toumond I'se indent Our Claiths of Dirt will sa'r.

†4. transitive.

a. To contract for, bind oneself to, or promise, by or as by making indentures; to covenant, stipulate, agree about, promise. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xli. 279 He would not indent ought for his owne securitie.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 72 Euen as Paul indented an imitation of Iewish rites when he shaued his head at Cenchrea.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature x. §1. 74 They indent golden Mountaines, but pay chirping Myce.

†b. To engage (a person) as a servant, etc. by or as by indentures; = indenture v. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ > employ by signing of agreement or contract

indent1758

sign1881

contract1961

1758 [implied in: tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 105 He had been an indented servant in New England. (at indented adj.¹ 4)].

1787 R. Burns Let. 2 Aug. (2001) I. 145 I was about to indent myself for want of money to pay my frieght.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 93 To indent one's person for life, is a tremendous engagement.

5. intransitive. To make out a written order with a duplicate or counterfoil; hence, to make a requisition on or upon a person for a thing. (Originally an Anglo-Indian use.) In later usage also to draw upon (a source of supply). Cf. indent n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] > by entreaty > by ordering or booking

warn1530

indent1829

re-book1885

1829 H. B. Henderson Bengalee 136 Could it prove of any service..to offer part of the accommodation for his stores? but at all events, he might indent freely on hers, on their arrival.

1837 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) I. 469 I have indented largely, to use our Indian official term,) for the requisite books.

1851 F. Hall in Benares Mag. VI. 719 (note) Shefta's work..is indented upon, by the Maulawi, without stint and without acknowledgement.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 277 Other magistrates had been indented upon (as magistrates very frequently were, when ladies were nervous and travelling with only an ayah).

1882 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 30 Sept. 343 The medical officers are unable to ‘indent’ on the commissariat or ordnance stores for newspapers.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 14/1 [quoting Indian paper] The salt tax has at last been indented upon for covering the deficit in our Budget.

6. transitive. Commerce. To order by an indent: to order a supply of (a commodity). Cf. indent n.¹ 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by asking, entreaty, or importunity > by ordering

ordaina1393

speak1508

to speak of ——1600

steven1674

commission1790

tryst1825

order1836

to order up1843

indent1897

1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 10/1 On what principle do you work in indenting books from England?

1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/2 A short time ago Mr. Kinder indented 20,000 tons of Welsh coal.

III. In other literal and technical senses.

a. transitive. To make an incision in (a board, etc.), for the purpose of mortising or dovetailing; to join or joint together by this method.Although the evidence for the sense is late, it appears very early in indenting n.¹ 2 and indenture n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method

mortisea1450

culver-tail1616

scarf1627

tenon1652

dovetail1657

cock1663

shoot?1677

knee1711

indent1741

mitre1753

halve1804

box1815

tongue1823

sypher1841

cog1858

butt joint1859

jag1894

lap-join1968

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 71 Each of these bony Pieces is indented into the larger Bones.

1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 135 In wainscoting, the dimensions are taken..indenting the string where the plane goes.

1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 149 The ranges are indented into each other.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 588 Boards can be connected together at any given angle..by indenting them together.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 988 Indented, toothed together, that is, with a projection fitted to a recess.

1844 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 65 He put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed.

b. indent in, to mortise in, joint in with art: in quot. a1649 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > with care or art

indent ina1649

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 231 An Anagram..fitly cometh in mostly in the Conclusion, but so that it appeareth not indented in, but of it self naturally.

8. Printing. To set back (from the margin of the column of writing or type) the beginning of (one or more lines), as a means of marking a new paragraph, of exhibiting verse, etc.; to begin (a line or a succession of lines) with a blank space.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > indent

indent1676

1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 11 You must indent your Line four Spaces at least.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1748 I. 103 [He] indented the notes into text.

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. vi. 137 Authors should always make the beginning of a new paragraph conspicuous to the compositor, by indenting the first line of it far enough.

absolute.1884 J. Southward Pract. Printing (ed. 2) 87 To set out a paragraph in this style, the compositor would be told to ‘run out and indent’.

†9.

a. intransitive. To move in a zigzag or indented line; to turn or bend from side to side in one's course; to double. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course

to turn and winda1398

wreathea1500

twine1553

indent1567

virea1586

crank1594

to dance the hay or hays1600

maze1605

serpent1606

to indent the way1612

cringlea1629

indenture1631

circumgyre1634

twist1635

glomerate1638

winda1682

serpentine1767

meander1785

zigzag1787

zag1793

to worm one's way1822

vandyke1828

crankle1835

thread the needle1843

switchback1903

rattlesnake1961

zig1969

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 93^v But doubling and indenting still auoydes his enmies lips.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eij^v Then shalt thou see the deaw-bedabbled wretch, Turne, and returne, indenting with the way.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 224 It windeth or indenteth like a Serpents figure.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 59 To limit and level out the direct way from vice to vertu..not winding, or indenting so much as to the right hand of fair pretences.

†b. transitive. to indent the way: in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course

to turn and winda1398

wreathea1500

twine1553

indent1567

virea1586

crank1594

to dance the hay or hays1600

maze1605

serpent1606

to indent the way1612

cringlea1629

indenture1631

circumgyre1634

twist1635

glomerate1638

winda1682

serpentine1767

meander1785

zigzag1787

zag1793

to worm one's way1822

vandyke1828

crankle1835

thread the needle1843

switchback1903

rattlesnake1961

zig1969

1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 49 To see light-headed drunkennesse indent the way from side to side.

1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. (1630) iii. 5/1 From side to side he staggered as he went, As if he reeling did the way indent.

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indentv.²

/ɪnˈdɛnt/

Forms: Also Middle English (infinitive and past participle) endent(e.

Etymology: < in- prefix³ + dent v.Although this is, at least in its radical part, etymologically distinct < indent v.¹, the two are in actual use (and perhaps have always been) consciously regarded not as distinct words, but only as senses or uses of the same word, the difference between them in their primary signification being much less than that between actual senses of indent v.¹ This blending is even more apparent in the derivatives, such as indentation , indenture , which owe their form entirely to the Romanic indent v.¹, but have senses derived from both verbs.

I. Senses relating to inlaying or embossing.

†1. transitive. To inlay, set, emboss; = dent v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > inlay [verb (transitive)]

indent?a1400

hatch1480

enhach1523

inlay1600

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3298 His dyademe was droppede downe, dubbyde with stonys, Endente alle with diamawndis.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1011 Þe topasye twynne how þe nente endent.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 106 Þe greece..es all of precious stanes, endentid with gold.

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 788 Your sensours shall be of golde, Endent with asure many a folde.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 227 Towrres Endentyd with presyos stonys, Schynyng ase crystall clere.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 129 A Glasse, Indent'd with Gems.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 368 The Marble..in which he imagin'd precious Stones were indented.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 371 Small Streaks and Pieces of other Metal..are nicely indented and interspersed on the Statue.

figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 628 Anon þe day with derk endente, Þe myȝt of deth dotz to enclyne.

II. Senses relating to making an indentation.

2. transitive. To form as a dint, dent, or depression; to strike or force inwards so as to form a dent or hollow; to impress.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation

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c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1851 Thus Iangelyng to ech othir, endenting euery pase, They entrid both in-to the hall.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 83 A huge Dragon..divided the earth, as he went seeking to hide... Thus did he indent a passage for this River.

1641 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1856) I. 115 A Manual Seale shall be provided for the State..in the Liess or Bond, this motto indented: Amor vincet omnia.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 95 Deep Scars were seen indented on his breast.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 267 Deep in the neck his fangs indent their hold.

1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 160/2 Having his name indented only on a tin plate and not painted on his cart.

1851 J. D. Maclaren in Mem. (1861) 213 [These] leave their footsteps deeply indented.

1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 83 Lines produced by indenting a twisted thong into the soft clay.

figurative.1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 31 Among all the Lessons which Nature hath taught, this is the deepliest indented.1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 114 The Danish Garrisons lay so indented in the Heart of the Land.1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 660 Properties..which, if not peculiar to the plague, are indented upon it far more strikingly than upon any other disease.

3. To make a dint or dints in the surface of (a thing) with or as with a blow; to mark with a surface hollow, or depression; to dint or dent.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make indentation(s) in

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c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cv. 35 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 163 Ioseph..Whose feete..freating Irons did indent.

1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 114 A countenance Savage with bristles or indented with scars.

1723 S. Wesley Battle of Sexes 18 Furrows deep indent his battered Arms.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 37 Shields indented deep in glorious wars.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xii. 223 Although the sabre does not penetrate the metal helmet, it indents it so deeply as to produce the same effect.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xvi. 172 Mr. Pickwick..indenting his pillow with a tremendous blow.

figurative.1798–9 C. Lamb Corr. (1870) 107 Many a little thing which..seemed scarce to indent my notice now presses painfully on my remembrance.

4. intransitive. To receive or take an indentation; to become indented or furrowed.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > recede or form recess [verb (intransitive)] > be or become indented

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a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 160^v His countenance had indented with Age before he was old.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 55 The oyster..breeds a large shell, and the shell itself indents to receive its impression.

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单词	indent
释义	indentn.¹ Brit. /ˈɪndɛnt/, /ɪnˈdɛnt/, U.S. /ənˈdɛnt/, /ˈɪnˌdɛnt/ Etymology: < indent v.¹ I. An incision or indentation. 1. An incision in the edge of a thing; a deep recess, strictly of angular form; an indentation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] > an indentation in the edge dentinga1425 dent1552 indent1598 insection1653 denture1685 indentationa1728 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 101 It [the Trent] shall not wind with such a deepe indent, To rob me of so rich a bottome here. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xviii. §2 The whole in Circumference, traced by the compasse of her many indents, one hundred twentie and eight miles. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 268 A cut, or an indent into the coral rocks, about a hundred foot broad. 1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 40 Simmon's Bay, a cove or indent on the western shore. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Idalia III. v. 140 The cliffs..rose aloft, curving inward, and shaping one of the many indents of the irregular southern coast. 2. Printing. The blank space or set-in at the commencement of a paragraph: = indention n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > indentation indention1824 indentation1864 insetting1867 indent1884 1884 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. II. An indenture, and related uses. 3. a. = indenture n. 2: in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture indenture1423 denturec1460 tripartite1480 indent1589 indentment1598 society > communication > record > list > [noun] > inventory indenture1420 inventar1435 invitory1483 inventuarya1513 inventory?1523 inventaryc1540 invitor1545 titulation1576 indent1710 polyptych1897 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 246 In negotiating with Princes we ought to seeke their fauour..& not..to trafficke with them by way of indent or condition. a1605 R. Bannatyne Jrnl. Trans. Scotl. (1806) 346 To mak it as it were a contract, to be subsryvit be both the parteis; or rather everie partie to subscryve thair awin part of the indent. 1710 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1868) II. 623 You will call them over by the Indent of the Engineer left when he received them. 1724 S. Sewall Diary 1 Feb. (1973) II. 1012 The Coroner shewed me the Indent of the Jury. 1820 in ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime (1897) 167 The indent having been examined, this certifies seven years have elapsed since sentence of Transportation..was passed. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 146 Make a note, Mr. Comptroller, to ascertain how it is that the ship's indent was so imperfect. b. A certificate of a money claim or the like; spec. an indented certificate issued by the U.S. Government, or by a state government, at the end of the War of Independence, for the principal or interest due on the public debt. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond government securities1707 Sword-blade bond1707 long bond1720 government paper1774 indent1788 premium bond1820 active1835 preference bond1848 investment bond1853 mortgage bond1853 revenue bond1853 municipal bond1858 treasury-bond1858 sices1867 property bond1869 government1870 priority bond1884 municipal1888 income bonds1889 yearling1889 war baby1901 Liberty Bond1917 Liberty Loan1917 victory bond1917 corporate1922 performance bond1938 convertible1957 Eurobond1966 Euroconvertible1968 managed bond1972 muni1973 granny bond1976 bulldog bond1980 Euro1981 granny1981 strip1982 zero1982 1788 M. Cutler Jrnl. 26 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 381 Adventurers who have paid for shares are exceedingly pressing for the Indents, which are to be returned to them. 1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 122 An indented certificate [of loan], commonly called a general indent of the..state of South-Carolina. 1809 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 124 The indents issued upon them [state bonds] for interest, were drawn by David Rittenhouse. 4. An official requisition for stores. (Originally by a covenanted servant of the East India Company.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by asking or entreaty > an order order1746 indent1799 rush order1889 1799 Duke of Wellington Let. to Lieut. Col. Harness in Dispatches (1837) I. 46 I have desired the commissary of supply to be prepared at Bangalore to answer your indents for every thing that you will want. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 76 Specifying in the indent the contents of the loads. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 76 I shall countersign these indents. 1871 Daily News 21 Sept. Any regimental quartermaster, through the simple medium of an indent, can in any emergency obtain a supply of provisions out of this. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/1 Indents were made on the Medical Department for quantities which soon nearly exhausted the stores at its command. 5. Commerce. An order for goods, esp. one sent to England from abroad. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > imports or exports > types of sufferance goods1774 run1789 indent1801 export reject1952 parallel imports1966 liftings1973 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 27/1 From the ready sale, the governments abroad were induced to add considerably to their indents. 1879 Commercial Let. We enclose an indent of stationery. 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Nov. 4/5 The sudden fall in sterling exchange has checked dealers in sending home indents to any extent. 1891 Times 9 Oct. 9/3 Indents come home at rather better figures owing to supplies abroad being light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). indentn.² Brit. /ˈɪndɛnt/, U.S. /ənˈdɛnt/, /ˈɪnˌdɛnt/ Etymology: < indent v.² A dint or depression in the surface of anything, made by a knock or blow; an indentation; hence, any depression, hollow, or furrow in a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface hollowc897 printa1387 impression1398 puncha1430 dent1565 dint1590 dinge1611 doke1615 impressurea1616 depressure1626 depression1665 dawk1678 swage1680 indent1690 sinking1712 dunkle1788 indenture1793 delve1811 subsidation1838 indention1839 recess1839 indentation1847 incavation1852 deepening1859 sink1875 malleation1881 ding1922 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 454^v If a Spherical Body had..here and there some irregular indents made in it. 1782 B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 254 Its surface was full of small indents. 1868 Daily Tel. 3 July This shot made an indent of 4·5 inches, and drove the 12 by 5-inch supports out between two and three inches. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. ii. 11 On the other [side of the coin] merely the indent formed by the punch used to drive the metal into the die. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 356 A superficial unevenness in the shape of scattered indents or depressions. figurative.1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) vi. 77 Character..has deeper indents in it than are made by any of the adventitious circumstances that you have adduced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). indentv.¹ /ɪnˈdɛnt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s endent. Etymology: < French endenter (Ph. de Thaun, 12th cent.) ‘to snip, notch, iag on the edges’ (Cotgrave), Latin type indentāre (medieval Latin indentare* and Italian indentare ), < in- (in- prefix³) + dentāre to furnish with teeth, < dens* , dent-em tooth; compare dentātus dentate adj. I. In general sense. 1. a. transitive. To make a tooth-like incision or incisions in the edge or border of; to notch or jag; now, chiefly, to give a zigzag or strongly seriate outline to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > indent the edge of [verb (transitive)] indentc1430 to jag in1568 lip1821 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxlviii. 135 She..fyled myn yren and endented it. c1440 Ipomydon 1641 A barbor he callyd,..And shove hym bothe byhynd and before, Queyntly endentyd, oute and in. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii Take hede thy mower mowe clene & holde downe the hyder hand of his sythe that he do nat endent the grasse. 1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 120 The jaw..is marked with five longitudinal ribs which indent the edges of the plate. b. To form a deep recess or recesses in (a coastline, etc.); to penetrate deeply. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (transitive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess indent1555 engulf1632 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 138 It is eaten and indented with two goulfes. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea..By their Meandred creeks indenting of that Land. 1773 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 21 Sept. ⁋17 It is an island..so much indented by inlets of the sea that there is no part of it removed from the water more than six miles. 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole iii. xii. (R.) The coast..seemed to be indented into creeks and projecting points. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 12/2 Each Part [of the book] overlaps, and indents, and indeed runs quite through the other. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 191 Lochleven, an arm of the sea which deeply indents the western coast of Scotland. c. intransitive. To recede or form a recess. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > recede or form recess [verb (intransitive)] retirea1701 retreat1792 indenta1806 a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 145 The forms are angular, as well where they indent, or fall in as where they swell out. 1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. App. 667 At the spot here mentioned, the gulf indents eastward. II. To indent a document, and senses thence arising. 2. transitive. To sever the two halves of a document, drawn up in duplicate, by a toothed, zigzag, or wavy line, so that the two parts exactly tally with each other; to cut the top or edge of two or more copies of a legal document in such an exactly corresponding shape; hence, to draw up (a document) in two or more exactly corresponding copies.This was done in the case of a deed, covenant, agreement, etc. in which two or more parties had an interest, so that one copy was retained by each party; the genuineness of these could be subsequently proved by the coincidence of their indented margins. See indenture n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > sever into two identical halves indent1385 1385 [implied in: Award betw. Robert Earl of Fyfe & John of Logy 15 May To the wytnes of the qwylkis al and syndry in thir endentyt lettrys contenyt, tyl ilke parte of the forsayde endenturis I hafe put my Cele. (at indented adj.¹ 3)]. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 10 Alle this poyntment aforeseide were wrytene, indentyde, and sealede. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDvi All thynges..that thou haste promysed to god, and be conteyned in thyne obligacion, endented bitwene god & thy soule. 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. J.iiii^v His beleue which was indented & takyn to the clergie and set vp in diuerse opyn placis. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 229 Contracted with me by articles indented vnder our hands. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) v. 232 All other Laws and Ordinances of Sewers..which be but in parchment, and not Indented, or which be indented also, if not sealed, continue in force no longer then that Commission continueth by the power whereof they were made. 1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Dvi^v An Inventorie..shall be Indented, th' one part thereof to remaine in your custodie, and the other in the custodie of the persons charged. 1735 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 601 Articles of Agreement Indented Made, Concluded and Agreed upon at Philadelphia. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xx. 295 If a deed be made by more parties than one, there ought to be regularly as many copies of it as there are parties, and each should be cut or indented (formerly in acute angles instar dentium, but at present in a waving line) on the top or side, to tally or correspond with the other; which deed, so made, is called an indenture. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 103 When a deed begins This Indenture, it must actually be indented, that is, must be cut or scalloped at the top, otherwise it will be a Deed-poll. [This is no longer so: cf. quot. 1845 at indenture n. 2a.] †3. a. intransitive. To enter into an engagement by indentures; hence, to make a formal or express agreement; to covenant (with a person for a thing); to engage. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > agree to by contract [verb (transitive)] covenant1382 covenancea1450 indent1487 contract1548 society > law > legal obligation > contract > enter into or make contract [verb (intransitive)] > enter into indenture indent1487 indenture1694 1487 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 653 My lorde of Northethomyrlond..hathe endentyd wyth the Kynge for the kepynge owt of the Schottys and warrynge on them. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 22 The said maister of the wardes and liueries..shall haue power..to couenaunt and indent with euery person..for his..liuerie. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 301 Many..do nothing but indent with God vpon a certaine condicion, and binde him to the lawes of their couenanting. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. iii. 367 At last she indents downright with the devil. He is to find her some toies for a time, and to have her soul in exchange. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 115 Thus would I have Ecclesiasticall and civil Historians indent about the Bounds, and Limits of their Subjects. 1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 180 The Servants,..do usually indent with their Masters, when they hire them. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 139 The Persons baptized by John, did also undertake some new conditions, and indent in some Privileges. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §38 612 Courage did not serve them to refuse delivering over the Goals by Indenture to North and Rich, as the Way is; nor to indent with their own Anti-Sherriffs. 1759 O. Goldsmith Pres. State Polite Learning xi, in Wks. (1854) II. 50 I fire with indignation when I see persons wholly destitute of education and genius indent to the press, and thus turn book-makers. †b. with subordinate clause or infinitive expressing purpose. ΚΠ 1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 371 He hathe endented with the owners of the schip what daye it schalbe redy. 1480 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 9 I, Iohn lord Howard, endented with the King my sovrain Lord to do him servisse opon the see. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 244 He indented not what reward he should haue. 1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 7 Suppose a free man indents with another to be his servant in some ingenious employment. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 171 [She] indented with Husband, that her Heritable Issue, should assume her Surname. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 15 Till this Time Toumond I'se indent Our Claiths of Dirt will sa'r. †4. transitive. a. To contract for, bind oneself to, or promise, by or as by making indentures; to covenant, stipulate, agree about, promise. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xli. 279 He would not indent ought for his owne securitie. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 72 Euen as Paul indented an imitation of Iewish rites when he shaued his head at Cenchrea. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature x. §1. 74 They indent golden Mountaines, but pay chirping Myce. †b. To engage (a person) as a servant, etc. by or as by indentures; = indenture v. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ > employ by signing of agreement or contract indent1758 sign1881 contract1961 1758 [implied in: tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 105 He had been an indented servant in New England. (at indented adj.¹ 4)]. 1787 R. Burns Let. 2 Aug. (2001) I. 145 I was about to indent myself for want of money to pay my frieght. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 93 To indent one's person for life, is a tremendous engagement. 5. intransitive. To make out a written order with a duplicate or counterfoil; hence, to make a requisition on or upon a person for a thing. (Originally an Anglo-Indian use.) In later usage also to draw upon (a source of supply). Cf. indent n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] > by entreaty > by ordering or booking warn1530 indent1829 re-book1885 1829 H. B. Henderson Bengalee 136 Could it prove of any service..to offer part of the accommodation for his stores? but at all events, he might indent freely on hers, on their arrival. 1837 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) I. 469 I have indented largely, to use our Indian official term,) for the requisite books. 1851 F. Hall in Benares Mag. VI. 719 (note) Shefta's work..is indented upon, by the Maulawi, without stint and without acknowledgement. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 277 Other magistrates had been indented upon (as magistrates very frequently were, when ladies were nervous and travelling with only an ayah). 1882 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 30 Sept. 343 The medical officers are unable to ‘indent’ on the commissariat or ordnance stores for newspapers. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 14/1 [quoting Indian paper] The salt tax has at last been indented upon for covering the deficit in our Budget. 6. transitive. Commerce. To order by an indent: to order a supply of (a commodity). Cf. indent n.¹ 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by asking, entreaty, or importunity > by ordering ordaina1393 speak1508 to speak of ——1600 steven1674 commission1790 tryst1825 order1836 to order up1843 indent1897 1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 10/1 On what principle do you work in indenting books from England? 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/2 A short time ago Mr. Kinder indented 20,000 tons of Welsh coal. III. In other literal and technical senses. 7. a. transitive. To make an incision in (a board, etc.), for the purpose of mortising or dovetailing; to join or joint together by this method.Although the evidence for the sense is late, it appears very early in indenting n.¹ 2 and indenture n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method mortisea1450 culver-tail1616 scarf1627 tenon1652 dovetail1657 cock1663 shoot?1677 knee1711 indent1741 mitre1753 halve1804 box1815 tongue1823 sypher1841 cog1858 butt joint1859 jag1894 lap-join1968 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 71 Each of these bony Pieces is indented into the larger Bones. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 135 In wainscoting, the dimensions are taken..indenting the string where the plane goes. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 149 The ranges are indented into each other. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 588 Boards can be connected together at any given angle..by indenting them together. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 988 Indented, toothed together, that is, with a projection fitted to a recess. 1844 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 65 He put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed. b. indent in, to mortise in, joint in with art: in quot. a1649 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > with care or art indent ina1649 a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 231 An Anagram..fitly cometh in mostly in the Conclusion, but so that it appeareth not indented in, but of it self naturally. 8. Printing. To set back (from the margin of the column of writing or type) the beginning of (one or more lines), as a means of marking a new paragraph, of exhibiting verse, etc.; to begin (a line or a succession of lines) with a blank space. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > indent indent1676 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 11 You must indent your Line four Spaces at least. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1748 I. 103 [He] indented the notes into text. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. vi. 137 Authors should always make the beginning of a new paragraph conspicuous to the compositor, by indenting the first line of it far enough. absolute.1884 J. Southward Pract. Printing (ed. 2) 87 To set out a paragraph in this style, the compositor would be told to ‘run out and indent’. †9. a. intransitive. To move in a zigzag or indented line; to turn or bend from side to side in one's course; to double. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 93^v But doubling and indenting still auoydes his enmies lips. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eij^v Then shalt thou see the deaw-bedabbled wretch, Turne, and returne, indenting with the way. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 224 It windeth or indenteth like a Serpents figure. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 59 To limit and level out the direct way from vice to vertu..not winding, or indenting so much as to the right hand of fair pretences. †b. transitive. to indent the way: in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 49 To see light-headed drunkennesse indent the way from side to side. 1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. (1630) iii. 5/1 From side to side he staggered as he went, As if he reeling did the way indent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). indentv.² /ɪnˈdɛnt/ Forms: Also Middle English (infinitive and past participle) endent(e. Etymology: < in- prefix³ + dent v.Although this is, at least in its radical part, etymologically distinct < indent v.¹, the two are in actual use (and perhaps have always been) consciously regarded not as distinct words, but only as senses or uses of the same word, the difference between them in their primary signification being much less than that between actual senses of indent v.¹ This blending is even more apparent in the derivatives, such as indentation , indenture , which owe their form entirely to the Romanic indent v.¹, but have senses derived from both verbs. I. Senses relating to inlaying or embossing. †1. transitive. To inlay, set, emboss; = dent v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > inlay [verb (transitive)] indent?a1400 hatch1480 enhach1523 inlay1600 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3298 His dyademe was droppede downe, dubbyde with stonys, Endente alle with diamawndis. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1011 Þe topasye twynne how þe nente endent. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 106 Þe greece..es all of precious stanes, endentid with gold. ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 788 Your sensours shall be of golde, Endent with asure many a folde. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 227 Towrres Endentyd with presyos stonys, Schynyng ase crystall clere. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 129 A Glasse, Indent'd with Gems. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 368 The Marble..in which he imagin'd precious Stones were indented. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 371 Small Streaks and Pieces of other Metal..are nicely indented and interspersed on the Statue. figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 628 Anon þe day with derk endente, Þe myȝt of deth dotz to enclyne. II. Senses relating to making an indentation. 2. transitive. To form as a dint, dent, or depression; to strike or force inwards so as to form a dent or hollow; to impress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation indentc1460 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1851 Thus Iangelyng to ech othir, endenting euery pase, They entrid both in-to the hall. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 83 A huge Dragon..divided the earth, as he went seeking to hide... Thus did he indent a passage for this River. 1641 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1856) I. 115 A Manual Seale shall be provided for the State..in the Liess or Bond, this motto indented: Amor vincet omnia. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 95 Deep Scars were seen indented on his breast. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 267 Deep in the neck his fangs indent their hold. 1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 160/2 Having his name indented only on a tin plate and not painted on his cart. 1851 J. D. Maclaren in Mem. (1861) 213 [These] leave their footsteps deeply indented. 1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 83 Lines produced by indenting a twisted thong into the soft clay. figurative.1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 31 Among all the Lessons which Nature hath taught, this is the deepliest indented.1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 114 The Danish Garrisons lay so indented in the Heart of the Land.1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 660 Properties..which, if not peculiar to the plague, are indented upon it far more strikingly than upon any other disease. 3. To make a dint or dints in the surface of (a thing) with or as with a blow; to mark with a surface hollow, or depression; to dint or dent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make indentation(s) in denta1398 indentc1595 dint1597 dinge1611 indenturec1770 dunkle1822 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cv. 35 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 163 Ioseph..Whose feete..freating Irons did indent. 1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 114 A countenance Savage with bristles or indented with scars. 1723 S. Wesley Battle of Sexes 18 Furrows deep indent his battered Arms. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 37 Shields indented deep in glorious wars. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xii. 223 Although the sabre does not penetrate the metal helmet, it indents it so deeply as to produce the same effect. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xvi. 172 Mr. Pickwick..indenting his pillow with a tremendous blow. figurative.1798–9 C. Lamb Corr. (1870) 107 Many a little thing which..seemed scarce to indent my notice now presses painfully on my remembrance. 4. intransitive. To receive or take an indentation; to become indented or furrowed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > recede or form recess [verb (intransitive)] > be or become indented to run in1578 indenta1652 dent1869 crater1884 a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 160^v His countenance had indented with Age before he was old. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 55 The oyster..breeds a large shell, and the shell itself indents to receive its impression. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1589n.²1690v.¹1385v.²?a1400
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