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A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.

A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.

or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.

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, w…

r hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically:

To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee. Burrill. To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.

A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. Where print of human feet was never seen. Dryden.

Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.

Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.

A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. (e) (Pile Driving)

them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.

Indented beneath.

To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.

The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite. A. Smith.

Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.

A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron. Waffle iron, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, -- used for cooking waffles over a fire.