† indentmentn.
Obsolete.
1. Indentation (of the edge of anything).
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun]
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indenture1672
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indentation1836
lipping1867
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 131 Yet is the top of the Impalement indented also; that the Indentments, by being lapp'd over the Leaves before their expansion, may then protect them.
1713 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1870) V. 389 There must be new cut on this larger plate, the words on the indentment at the head of each bill.
2. An indenture, covenant.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture
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denturec1460
tripartite1480
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indentment1598
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 19 The brabling Neighbours on him call, For counsell in some crabbed case of lawe, Or some Indentments, or some bond to draw.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 64 With this indentment and caution, that though there be neither rime nor reason in it..they..shall supply it with either.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 488/1 Sundry great Lords of either side were by indentment of Writing, made sureties to the counter-part.
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