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Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Same as Indentation, 4.

Indenture. [Obs.]

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self- subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. Pope.…

ited States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776.

Independence. "Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency!" Pope.

ject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. A dry, but independent crust. Cowper.

Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden.

In an independent manner; without control.

Incapable of being deposed. [R.] Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram.

Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton.

Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.

Incapable of being described. -- In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv.

Not descriptive.

Ill desert. [R.] Addison.

Not ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.] Baxter. -- In*des"i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Ray.

Undesirable.