dentedadj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave
hollc1000
hollowa1250
denteda1398
concaved?1541
saddle-backed1545
vaulty1545
concave?a1560
sinuated1578
inboweda1586
inbowing1603
inwinding1610
hollowed1613
crusy1625
simous1634
invex1688
scooped1726
depressed1753
hollowed-out1755
scooping1821
shell1823
welled1848
concaving1871
incaved-
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xcv. 1245 He [sc. þe serpent] lokeþ asyde and nouȝt forþright..and þe teeþ ben dented inward; and is croked [L. transfigit aculeo & dente flectitur in se].
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 His ships hee kenneld..vnder an angle Of rock deepe dented [L. sub rupe cavata].
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 436 This first and vulgar kind of Hyæna..in the middle of his back..is a litle crooked or dented.
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1540 Earl of Surrey How no Age in Poems 16 I saw my withered skin How it doth shew my dented chews, the flesh was worn so thin.
3.
a. Having dents or indentations, indented, toothed; †in Heraldry. = indented adj.1 2 (obsolete).
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > having (an) indentation(s)
dented1552
dinted1590
indented1635
dinged1853
malleated1881
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] > finely or serrated
tootheda1387
serratile?1541
dented1552
denticle1574
sawed1607
comb-like1615
denticulate1661
denticulated1665
serrate1668
serrated1703
dentated1753
dentulated1796
dentelated1797
dentate1810
serratiform1821
serriform1822
teethed1825
saw-edged1846
serried1848
saw-toothed1857
denticular1878
saw tooth1884
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > indented
indented?a1400
endently1486
irrased1486
dented1552
dancetté1610
dent1610
dancy1611
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dented, crenatus.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 30 Ermyne on a chiefe dented, Gules.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. vi. 153 His leaves be..dented or tothed.
1692 J. Banister Let. 12 May in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 672 There is a small [shell] of the Land-kind, with a dented Aperture.
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 371 Leaves..slightly dented at the end.
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 87 The ragged, and dented edges of the strata.
b. Of Indian corn (see dent adj. 3). U.S.
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1855 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. 6 151 My mode of harvesting is, to cut up the corn as soon as it is generally dented, or glazed.
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