INDENT

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.

To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] Wilhelm.

To be cut, notched, or dented.

To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

To contract; to bargain or covenant. Shak. To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. South.

A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. Shak.

A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]

A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.

A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] Wilhelm.