单词 | indented |
释义 | indentedadj.1 1. a. Having the edge or margin deeply cut with angular incisions; deeply, strongly, or coarsely serrated along the margin. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] battledc1386 embattledc1386 indentedc1440 incoled1543 gapped1562 crenated1688 vandyked1832 indentured1885 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Indentyd, indentatus. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. Avv Acanthium is a kynde of thystel indented after the fashion of branke vrsin. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. Bjv One of them hath leues lyk a plain tre, and depely endentyd. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 307 All [beasts] that haue teeth indented in like saws, be naturally devourers of flesh. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxiv. 135 Banners of white damask, deeply indented. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 14 She had two Claws..which were indented, or made Saw-wise on the inside. 1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 68 Trent, who like some earth-born Giant spreads His thirty Armes along the indented Meads. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 127 Plates of Tin..indented along their length. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. i. 489 The Vikings..could no longer winter in safety within the viks or inlets of their indented coast. 1877 F. G. Heath Fern World 22 Sometimes the leafy portion, though undivided, has its margin beautifully cut in, or indented. b. Having a serrated or zigzag figure, direction, or course, as a line, wall, moulding, path, etc.; constructed with salient and re-entrant angles, as a battery, parapet, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately indenteda1616 zigzag1752 zigzagged1774 zigzaggya1845 zigzag-shaped1846 chevrony1887 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 113 A greene and guilded snake..With indented glides, did slip away. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiv. 193 A wavering or wrigling motion, whereby they describ'd an indented Line. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 496 The Enemie of Mankind, enclos'd In Serpent..toward Eve Address'd his way, not with indented wave,..but on his reare. View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indented Line, (in Fortif.) a Line running in and out like the Teeth of a Saw: often us'd on the bank of the Counterscarp upon a River or Sea-Coast. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 72 There is one walke all ye length of the Garden..it is indented in and out in Corners. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXIX. at Redens Redens, redans, or redant in Fortification. A kind of work indented in form of the teeth of a saw... It is also called saw work and indented work. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 14 Some authors recommend an indented parapet to obtain fire on the salient angles of works. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 139/2 Indented Line, in fortification, is a serrated line, forming several angles, so that one side defends another. The faces are longer than the flanks. 1869 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 156 The other favourite mouldings of the Norman style, are..the Indented [etc.]. 2. Heraldry. Of an ordinary, etc.: Having a series of similar indentations or notches.In the Bk. St. Albans on Heraldry, what is now called ‘embattled’ is represented and described as ‘indentit’, while ‘irrasit’ is used to describe the modern indented figure; in Guillim, however, the description of ‘indented’ shows it to bear the current meaning. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > indented indented?a1400 endently1486 irrased1486 dented1552 dancetté1610 dent1610 dancy1611 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2053 A derfe schelde, endenttyd with sable With a dragone engowschede. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ix. xxxvi His sheld..was endented with whyte and black. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. D iij Qvarterit armys..calde indentit for .ij. colowris oon in to an othir by the maner of teth ar indentit. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. lx. 81 His baner..was goules, a sheffe, syluer, thre cheuorns in the sheffe, bordred syluer indented. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. v. 18 He beareth Gules a bordure indented Argent. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. v. 18 This bordure is said to be indented, because it seemeth to be composed (as it were) of teeth. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Indented, a Term in Heraldry, when the Out-Line of a Bordure, Ordinary, &c. is in the Form of the Teeth of a Saw. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xiii. 82 Indented, having a serrated border line. 3. Of a legal document: Cut zigzag or wavy at the top or edge; having counterparts severed by a zigzag line; esp. in deed (bill, etc.) indented (as opposed to deed poll n.) = indenture n. 2. Cf. medieval Latin chartæ (scripturæ, etc.) indentatæ. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [adjective] > indented indented1385 1385 Award betw. Robert Earl of Fyfe & John of Logy 15 May To the wytnes of the qwylkis al and syndry in thir endentyt lettrys contenyt, tyl ilke parte of the forsayde endenturis I hafe put my Cele. 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 62 Made by dede endented. 1440 Walsall Rules c. 17 in Gross Gild Merch. (1890) II. 249 The olde Masters of the Gylde shall by byll indented..delyver to the newe Masters alle the money, plate [etc.]. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 432 Seales were not putte to wrytnges indentede that the kynge of Ynglonde scholde have all londes of the duchery off Aquitanny. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxii. f. lxviii He there in yt presence made his testament yt before he had causyd to be written in .iiii. sondrye skynnes endentyd to be rad, & than sealyd wt certeyne of theyr sealis, wherof yt one he wyllid to be kept in the tresory of Seynt Denys. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 There is no maner of estates made of free lande by polle dede or dede indented. 1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot 11 They were both parties to the same Indented Articles. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Deed Indented, or Indenture, a Writing cut with Dents or Notches on the top or side; which consists of two or more Parts, and wherein 'tis express'd, That the Parties concerned have interchangeably, or severally set their Hands and Seals to every Part of it. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 581 There were three indented copies made. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xi. 426 Apprentices..are usually bound for a term of years, by deed indented, or indentures, to serve their masters, and be maintained and instructed by them. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 11 Deeds are divided into two sorts, deeds poll, and deeds indented. 1845 Act 8 & 9 Vict. c. 106 §5 A deed executed after the said first day of October 1845, purporting to be an indenture, shall have the effect of an indenture, although not actually indented. 4. Bound or engaged by an indenture or formal covenant: = indentured adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > bound by contract > bound by indentures indentured1757 indented1758 1758 tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 105 He had been an indented servant in New England. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 88 What between his willfullness and his waste, his trumps, and his frenzy, I lead the life of an indented slave. 1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 79 Indented servants, who are legally engaged to remain with you for a term of years. 1810 Public Notice, Sydney, Australia 21 July A ship..with female convicts, whom it is..the Governor's intention to distribute among the settlers, as indented servants. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 24 Sept. These miserable bondsmen—these indented apprentices to the great planter, Death. 1882 Fiske in Harper's Mag. Dec. 114/2 There were a few indented white servants. 5. Printing. Of a line of writing or printing: Set in, so as to break the line of the margin. See indent v.1 8. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > indented indented1840 1840 E. B. Barrett Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. xxi. 123 I am sorry you do not print the stanzas with the indented lines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). indentedadj.2 a. Impressed, struck, or dinted in, so as to make a depression or hollow in a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > having (an) indentation(s) dented1552 dinted1590 indented1635 dinged1853 malleated1881 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 123 With an indented pace..[he] addressed himselfe with best speed he could towards Themista. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. i. 183 Their eyes..fixed on the bloody throat of the one—and the indented talons of the other. b. Marked with sharp depressions on the surface, as if caused by the dint of some instrument. Derivatives inˈdentedly adv. by indentation; in intaglio. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adverb] > indentedly indentedly1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Camaieu Any kind of gem, whereon figures may be engraven either indentedly, or in relievo. 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