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Definition: Indented line
Indented
\In*dent"ed\, a.
1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
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2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
--Milton. Shak.
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3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
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4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
indented servant.
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5. (Zo["o]l.) Notched along the margin with a different
color, as the feathers of some birds.
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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.
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