Indented

·Impf & ·p.p. of Indent.

II. Indented ·adj Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

III. Indented ·adj Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.

IV. Indented ·adj Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.

V. Indented ·adj Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.

VI. Indented ·adj Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

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