4. (Print.) (a) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a
little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the
common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph. (b) The measure
of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
Hanging, or Reverse, indentation, indentation of all the lines of a
paragraph except the first, which is a full line.
In*dent"ed (?), a. 1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like
teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton.
Shak.
3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth;
serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented
servant.
5. (Zoöl.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the
feathers of some birds.
Indented line (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short faces, with
salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the
front of the next.
In*dent"ed*ly, adv. With indentations.
In*dent"ing (?), n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a
tooth.
In*den"tion (?), n. (Print.) Same as Indentation, 4.