indenturen.

/ɪnˈdɛntjʊə/

Forms: Middle English–1500s endentur(e, Middle English endentor, endentour, 1600s endenter; Middle English–1500s indentour, 1500s indenter, Middle English– indenture.

Etymology: In form (Middle English endenture ) < Old French endenteure (later -ure ) indentation, furnishing with teeth, < Latin type *indentātūra , < *indentāt- , participial stem of *indentāre indent v.¹: compare Latin dentātus dentate adj., and see -ure suffix¹. But in sense, representing also indent v.²

I. Senses derived from indent v.¹

a. The action of indenting or notching a thing on the edge; an angular notch, indentation, or incision in the edge or border of anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun]

indentingc1386

indentment1672

indenture1672

indention1763

indentation1836

lipping1867

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 33 The Lobes of the Seed have both a little Indenture.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 239 Which counterchanging of the ridges make the indentures on the sides.

1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. iv. 138 Some serrate with small teeth others with great indentures.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 96 A little Indenture or Retreat, BC, not exceeding a Minute in depth.

1770 J. Winthrop in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 506 The Sun's limb, undulating..made it somewhat difficult to judge when the indenture, formed by the Planet upon it, intirely ceased.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ix. 250 This noble lake..spreads its base around the indentures and promontories of a fair and fertile land.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Cameo in Poems & Ballads 11 Till lips and teeth bite in their sharp indenture.

1883 Holder in Harper's Mag. Jan. 181/1 Those who..linger along the indentures of rocky shores on summer nights.

†b. Jointing by means of notches or indentations: cf. indenting n.¹ 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts > by means of notches

indenturec1400

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 313 Þenne cleme hit [the ark] with clay comly with-inne & all þe endentur dryuen daube with~outen.

a. A deed between two or more parties with mutual covenants, executed in two or more copies, all having their tops or edges correspondingly indented or serrated for identification and security. Hence, A deed or sealed agreement or contract between two or more parties, without special reference to its form.Originally both copies were written on one piece of parchment or paper, and then cut asunder in a serrated or sinuous line, so that when brought together again at any time, the two edges exactly tallied and showed that they were parts of one and the same original document: hence the expression ‘pair of indentures’. Occasionally a word, sentence, or figure was engrossed on the space where they were divided, as in the space between a bank cheque and its counterfoil.The earliest sense, and apparently of English or Anglo-Norman origin.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture

indenture1423

denturec1460

tripartite1480

indent1589

indentment1598

1304 Rolls of Parl. I. 164/2 Et fiat Indentura inter ipsum & Coronatorem.

1339 Rolls of Parl. II. 107/2 Sous certeynes Condicions comprises es Endentures sur ceo faites, et enseales.]

1423 Sir T. Rokeby in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 97 Als it, be hys endenture made, betwix the forsayd noble kyng and the forsayd Thomas Rokeby, pleinli appiers.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxlviii, 127 The fourme of accord..was in a payr of Endentures and they put her seales vnto that one part, and they that comen in the kynges name putt her seales to that other part of endentures.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 565 Bot ye endentur till him gaf he Yat soune schawit ye iniquite.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 513 Ye barownys yus acordyt ar, And yat ilk nycht writyn war Yair endenturis, and aythis maid.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxvii^v [He] concludyd a peace atwene the Kynge & the Scottis, & causyd to be delyuered vnto theym the Chartyr or Endenture callyd Ragman with many other thynges.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xiiii. sig. P.vii^v You deuise as it wer Indentures betwene god & you, what thing you wil doe for him, & what thing you will not doe.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §101.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 77 And our indentures tripartite are drawn, Which being sealed enterchangeably..To morrow coosen Percy you and I And my good Lord of Worcester wil set forth.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Agreement Henry IV in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 164 One part of which indentures remaineth in the custodie of the English ambassadors, and the other part in the hands of the commissioners of Prussia.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 229 a If a deed beginneth, Hæc Indentura, &c. and in troth the Parchment or Paper is not indented, this is no indenture, because words cannot make it indented..It may be an Indenture without words, but not by words without indenting.

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.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. xx. 295 If a deed be made by more parties than one, there ought to be regularly as many copies of it as there are parties, and each should be cut or indented (formerly in acute angles instar dentium, but at present in a waving line) on the top or side, to tally or correspond with the other; which deed, so made, is called an indenture.

1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. vii. 114 Deeds have hitherto been divided into two kinds, Deeds poll and Indentures.

1845 Act 8 & 9 Victoria 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.

b. spec. The contract by which an apprentice is bound to the master; also the contract by which a person binds himself or herself to service in the colonies, etc. to take up one's indentures, to receive the indenture back from the master in evidence of the completion of apprenticeship or service.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture > by which apprentice or servant is bound

indenture1463

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 He to haue his indentour of his prentished y^e whiche I hadde in kepyng.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 18 The same indentures of apprentisehode, shall comprehende like couenauntes.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2^v Fortune calling to minde, that the time of her servitude expired, gave up her Indentures.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. i. 17 An apprentice who has serv'd..faithfully and diligently, ought to claim it as a debt to his indentures.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xi. 154 They who did thus contract matrimony should forfeit their indentures.

1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 98 The indenture of the boy expires when he is twenty-one years of age.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. x*. 298 I have broke my indenture, and I think of running my country.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. xi. 554 He is now out of his Apprenticeship; entitled to lift his Indentures.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 23 Aug. 165 By the terms of the indenture, the Coolie agrees to serve the planter for three years, receiving the same rate of wages as is paid to the unindentured labourer.

c. An official or formal list, inventory, certificate, etc., prepared (originally in duplicate) for purposes of control, as a voucher, etc., and properly authenticated.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > list > [noun] > inventory

indenture1420

inventar1435

invitory1483

inventuarya1513

inventory?1523

inventaryc1540

invitor1545

titulation1576

indent1710

polyptych1897

1300 Indenture in Nat. MSS. Scot. II. No. 10 Indentura de nominibus equitum et peditum commorancium in municione castri de Edenborghe a .xxvij.^o die Nouembris anno regni Regis Edwardi .xxix.^o]

1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 45 Thys endenture makyth mencion of þe goodes þat I..ȝyve to sertayn personis.1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 82 The said Retorne must accord with the Indentures of Shipping of the same.?c1570–4 Bp. R. Cox Injunctions in 2nd Rep. Commissioners Rubrics, Orders, & Directions Public Worship App. E. 407/1 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 (1868) XXXVIII. 1 Whether your Ministers kepe their Registers of Maryages buryalles and christenynges well and orderly, and to present the copie of them once a yere by indenture, to the Ordinarie or his officers.1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 130 The names of the persons elected..shall be returned by Indenture, betweene the Sheriffe and the Elizors.1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. xvi. 225 (List Officers Navy) Surveyor..whose Office is..to..estimate the Value of Repairs by Indenture.1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 446 The election of scholars at Eton takes place..every year... The usual number admitted on what is termed the Indenture [i.e. between King's Coll. and Eton], at each election, is twenty-four. [This ceased in 1871.]1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xix. 362 The persons arrested are to be delivered to the ordinaries by indenture to be made within ten days of the arrest.

d. figurative. Contract, mutual engagement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun]

accordc1275

assentc1400

agreement1427

appointment?1440

agreec1475

condition1483

covin1489

agreeance1525

concluding1530

compaction1534

indenture1540

conjurea1547

obsignation?1555

conclusion1569

engage1589

astipulation1595

adstipulation1598

agreation1598

tractation1600

closing1606

dispatch1612

combinationa1616

engagement1617

closure1647

covenantinga1649

adjustment1674

1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) G vij We haue by indenture of Jesu..that they shall lacke nothinge whiche seke..the kyngdome of God.

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 3 My soule being the cittie, whereof the deuill is made free by endenture.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 20 This zelous kisse, As seale to this indenture of my loue.

1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Divine Poems (1717) 210 My heart hath past Indentures with mine eye, Not to behold a Maid.

a1677 T. Manton Serm. Psalm cxix cxxxiii, in Wks. (1872) VIII. 251 God's covenant..this mutual and interchangeable indenture.

†3. A zigzag line; a zigzag course; a doubling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course > instance of or a winding course

windinga1387

anfractus?a1425

ambage1537

crank1572

error1594

indenture1598

maze1598

meander1631

circumvolution1633

anfracture1657

1598 I. M. Seruingmans Comfort (1868) 138 He turned his Cattle from Plough to Pasture, making Indentures all along the ditches.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 212 He must not runne directly forward, but wind too and fro, crooking like an indenture.]

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bricoller,..to reele, stagger, or make indentures, in going.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 146 He makes Indentures on each side of the way wheresoever he goes.

1733 Ess. Hunting 51 It must never be expected that the Indentures of the Hare can be well covered, or her Doubles struck off.

II. Senses derived from indent v.²

†4. An inlaying or embossing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun]

inlaying1598

inlay1656

indenture1664

indenting1730

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 Her eye is indented all over with a pure Emerauld-green, and all latticed or chequered with dimples..which makes the Indentures look more pleasantly.

5. A hollow or depression in a surface; = indentation n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface

hollowc897

printa1387

impression1398

puncha1430

dent1565

dint1590

dinge1611

doke1615

impressurea1616

depressure1626

depression1665

dawk1678

swage1680

indent1690

sinking1712

dunkle1788

indenture1793

delve1811

subsidation1838

indention1839

recess1839

indentation1847

incavation1852

deepening1859

sink1875

malleation1881

ding1922

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §245 Little indentures upon the surface of the courses.

1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 334/1 Furrows..left by the indentures of vessels' bottoms.

1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly I. 201 He pointed to a deep indenture, as if caused by a heavy pressure.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations (from I.), as indenture-fashion, indenture-wise, adv.

ΚΠ

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Filicare, to notch about the edges, as ferne is, or indenter wise.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 542 Their Crisses or Daggers are two foote long waved Indenture fashion, and poysoned.

C2.

† indenture English n. Obsolete the language of legal deeds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups

indenture Englisha1568

water language1702

jockeyism1802

slum1812

Polari1846

stable-language1856

scientificism1860

water-slang1860

Oxfordish1863

galley-slang1867

pitmatic1885

commercialese1910

legalese1911

academese1917

Hollywoodese1920

businessese1921

Hollywoodism1925

trade unionese1927

advertisingese1929

officese1935

sociologese1940

Whitehallese1940

Newspeak1949

patter1949

Pentagonese1950

educationese1958

computerese1960

managementese1961

spacespeak1963

computer-speak1968

techno-jargon1972

business-speak1973

Eurospeak1975

Euro-jargon1976

technospeak1976

doctorspeak1977

corporate-speak1978

medspeak1979

mellowspeak1979

technobabble1981

teenspeak1982

management-speak1986

codespeak1987

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 43 As if a wise man would take Halles Cronicle, where moch good matter is quite marde with Indenture Englishe, and first change, strange and inkhorne tearmes into proper, and commonlie vsed wordes.

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indenturev.

Etymology: < indenture n., in several unconnected senses, related to both verbs indent n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈdenture.

I. From indenture n. 2 (indent v.¹).

†1. intransitive. To enter into an indenture; to covenant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > enter into or make contract [verb (intransitive)] > enter into indenture

indent1487

indenture1694

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 67 He's but slipt to the Bottom to recruit himself, and indenture with Stones to oblige their Protection.

2. transitive. To bind by indentures, esp. as an apprentice or servant.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > agree to by contract [verb (transitive)] > bind by contract > an apprentice or a servant

fasten1426

indenture1676

article1693

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. I3^v A good Christian will not, cannot atturn and indenture his conscience over; to be Represented by others.

1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 111 Men..too deficient in skill, or industry, or character, to be employed or indentured by the profession.

1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 77 The plan of indenturing servants to colonial settlers.

1884 Daily News 13 Oct. 4/8 Mr. Cole..was indentured as a clerk or writer to Mr., afterwards Sir Francis, Palgrave.

II. From indenture n. 3.

†3. intransitive. To move in a zigzag line; to zigzag. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course

to turn and winda1398

wreathea1500

twine1553

indent1567

virea1586

crank1594

to dance the hay or hays1600

maze1605

serpent1606

to indent the way1612

cringlea1629

indenture1631

circumgyre1634

twist1635

glomerate1638

winda1682

serpentine1767

meander1785

zigzag1787

zag1793

to worm one's way1822

vandyke1828

crankle1835

thread the needle1843

switchback1903

rattlesnake1961

zig1969

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxi. 169 Indenturing along in some blinde-Alley, hee terribly affrights the Passenger if hee meete any: For hee coasts here and there, as if it were Saint Anthonies fire, or some ignis fatuus.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 134 They..tooke Their staues in hand, and at the good man strooke..But by indenturing, still the good man scap'd.

III. From indenture n. 5 (indent v.²)

4. transitive. To make an indentation in; to indent, furrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make indentation(s) in

denta1398

indentc1595

dint1597

dinge1611

indenturec1770

dunkle1822

c1770 W. Woty Autumnal Song (T.) Age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

1854 S. T. Dobell Balder v. 32 Immemorial plains Indentured where the furrows fill with flowers As with a Tyrian rain.

Derivatives

inˈdenturing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course

winding1398

crankling1598

crangling1608

indenturinga1632

meandering1652

sinuation1653

serpentinga1684

zigzaggery1761

twisting1768

zigzagging1827

switchbacking1913

zigging1977

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture > binding by indenture

indenturing1898

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 108 Two Gallants..overtaken with Wine..loath..to take the benefit of a light, because their indenturing should not be observed.

1898 in Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/1 The Imperial sanction had been given to the indenturing of the Bechuana rebels.

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单词	indenture
释义	indenturen. /ɪnˈdɛntjʊə/ Forms: Middle English–1500s endentur(e, Middle English endentor, endentour, 1600s endenter; Middle English–1500s indentour, 1500s indenter, Middle English– indenture. Etymology: In form (Middle English endenture ) < Old French endenteure (later -ure ) indentation, furnishing with teeth, < Latin type indentātūra , < indentāt- , participial stem of indentāre indent v.¹: compare Latin dentātus* dentate adj., and see -ure suffix¹. But in sense, representing also indent v.² I. Senses derived from indent v.¹ 1. a. The action of indenting or notching a thing on the edge; an angular notch, indentation, or incision in the edge or border of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] indentingc1386 indentment1672 indenture1672 indention1763 indentation1836 lipping1867 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 33 The Lobes of the Seed have both a little Indenture. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 239 Which counterchanging of the ridges make the indentures on the sides. 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. iv. 138 Some serrate with small teeth others with great indentures. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 96 A little Indenture or Retreat, BC, not exceeding a Minute in depth. 1770 J. Winthrop in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 506 The Sun's limb, undulating..made it somewhat difficult to judge when the indenture, formed by the Planet upon it, intirely ceased. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ix. 250 This noble lake..spreads its base around the indentures and promontories of a fair and fertile land. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Cameo in Poems & Ballads 11 Till lips and teeth bite in their sharp indenture. 1883 Holder in Harper's Mag. Jan. 181/1 Those who..linger along the indentures of rocky shores on summer nights. †b. Jointing by means of notches or indentations: cf. indenting n.¹ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts > by means of notches indenturec1400 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 313 Þenne cleme hit [the ark] with clay comly with-inne & all þe endentur dryuen daube with~outen. 2. a. A deed between two or more parties with mutual covenants, executed in two or more copies, all having their tops or edges correspondingly indented or serrated for identification and security. Hence, A deed or sealed agreement or contract between two or more parties, without special reference to its form.Originally both copies were written on one piece of parchment or paper, and then cut asunder in a serrated or sinuous line, so that when brought together again at any time, the two edges exactly tallied and showed that they were parts of one and the same original document: hence the expression ‘pair of indentures’. Occasionally a word, sentence, or figure was engrossed on the space where they were divided, as in the space between a bank cheque and its counterfoil.The earliest sense, and apparently of English or Anglo-Norman origin. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture indenture1423 denturec1460 tripartite1480 indent1589 indentment1598 1304 Rolls of Parl. I. 164/2 Et fiat Indentura inter ipsum & Coronatorem. 1339 Rolls of Parl. II. 107/2 Sous certeynes Condicions comprises es Endentures sur ceo faites, et enseales.] 1423 Sir T. Rokeby in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 97 Als it, be hys endenture made, betwix the forsayd noble kyng and the forsayd Thomas Rokeby, pleinli appiers. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxlviii, 127 The fourme of accord..was in a payr of Endentures and they put her seales vnto that one part, and they that comen in the kynges name putt her seales to that other part of endentures. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 565 Bot ye endentur till him gaf he Yat soune schawit ye iniquite. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 513 Ye barownys yus acordyt ar, And yat ilk nycht writyn war Yair endenturis, and aythis maid. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxvii^v [He] concludyd a peace atwene the Kynge & the Scottis, & causyd to be delyuered vnto theym the Chartyr or Endenture callyd Ragman with many other thynges. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xiiii. sig. P.vii^v You deuise as it wer Indentures betwene god & you, what thing you wil doe for him, & what thing you will not doe. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §101. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 77 And our indentures tripartite are drawn, Which being sealed enterchangeably..To morrow coosen Percy you and I And my good Lord of Worcester wil set forth. View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Agreement Henry IV in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 164 One part of which indentures remaineth in the custodie of the English ambassadors, and the other part in the hands of the commissioners of Prussia. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 229 a If a deed beginneth, Hæc Indentura, &c. and in troth the Parchment or Paper is not indented, this is no indenture, because words cannot make it indented..It may be an Indenture without words, but not by words without indenting. 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. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. xx. 295 If a deed be made by more parties than one, there ought to be regularly as many copies of it as there are parties, and each should be cut or indented (formerly in acute angles instar dentium, but at present in a waving line) on the top or side, to tally or correspond with the other; which deed, so made, is called an indenture. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. vii. 114 Deeds have hitherto been divided into two kinds, Deeds poll and Indentures. 1845 Act 8 & 9 Victoria 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. b. spec. The contract by which an apprentice is bound to the master; also the contract by which a person binds himself or herself to service in the colonies, etc. to take up one's indentures, to receive the indenture back from the master in evidence of the completion of apprenticeship or service. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture > by which apprentice or servant is bound indenture1463 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 He to haue his indentour of his prentished y^e whiche I hadde in kepyng. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 18 The same indentures of apprentisehode, shall comprehende like couenauntes. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2^v Fortune calling to minde, that the time of her servitude expired, gave up her Indentures. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. i. 17 An apprentice who has serv'd..faithfully and diligently, ought to claim it as a debt to his indentures. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xi. 154 They who did thus contract matrimony should forfeit their indentures. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 98 The indenture of the boy expires when he is twenty-one years of age. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. x. 298 I have broke my indenture, and I think of running my country. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia* II. ix. xi. 554 He is now out of his Apprenticeship; entitled to lift his Indentures. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 23 Aug. 165 By the terms of the indenture, the Coolie agrees to serve the planter for three years, receiving the same rate of wages as is paid to the unindentured labourer. c. An official or formal list, inventory, certificate, etc., prepared (originally in duplicate) for purposes of control, as a voucher, etc., and properly authenticated. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [noun] > inventory indenture1420 inventar1435 invitory1483 inventuarya1513 inventory?1523 inventaryc1540 invitor1545 titulation1576 indent1710 polyptych1897 1300 Indenture in Nat. MSS. Scot. II. No. 10 Indentura de nominibus equitum et peditum commorancium in municione castri de Edenborghe a .xxvij.^o die Nouembris anno regni Regis Edwardi .xxix.^o] 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 45 Thys endenture makyth mencion of þe goodes þat I..ȝyve to sertayn personis.1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 82 The said Retorne must accord with the Indentures of Shipping of the same.?c1570–4 Bp. R. Cox Injunctions in 2nd Rep. Commissioners Rubrics, Orders, & Directions Public Worship App. E. 407/1 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 (1868) XXXVIII. 1 Whether your Ministers kepe their Registers of Maryages buryalles and christenynges well and orderly, and to present the copie of them once a yere by indenture, to the Ordinarie or his officers.1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 130 The names of the persons elected..shall be returned by Indenture, betweene the Sheriffe and the Elizors.1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. xvi. 225 (List Officers Navy) Surveyor..whose Office is..to..estimate the Value of Repairs by Indenture.1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 446 The election of scholars at Eton takes place..every year... The usual number admitted on what is termed the Indenture [i.e. between King's Coll. and Eton], at each election, is twenty-four. [This ceased in 1871.]1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xix. 362 The persons arrested are to be delivered to the ordinaries by indenture to be made within ten days of the arrest. d. figurative. Contract, mutual engagement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] accordc1275 assentc1400 agreement1427 appointment?1440 agreec1475 condition1483 covin1489 agreeance1525 concluding1530 compaction1534 indenture1540 conjurea1547 obsignation?1555 conclusion1569 engage1589 astipulation1595 adstipulation1598 agreation1598 tractation1600 closing1606 dispatch1612 combinationa1616 engagement1617 closure1647 covenantinga1649 adjustment1674 1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) G vij We haue by indenture of Jesu..that they shall lacke nothinge whiche seke..the kyngdome of God. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 3 My soule being the cittie, whereof the deuill is made free by endenture. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 20 This zelous kisse, As seale to this indenture of my loue. View more context for this quotation 1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Divine Poems (1717) 210 My heart hath past Indentures with mine eye, Not to behold a Maid. a1677 T. Manton Serm. Psalm cxix cxxxiii, in Wks. (1872) VIII. 251 God's covenant..this mutual and interchangeable indenture. †3. A zigzag line; a zigzag course; a doubling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course > instance of or a winding course windinga1387 anfractus?a1425 ambage1537 crank1572 error1594 indenture1598 maze1598 meander1631 circumvolution1633 anfracture1657 1598 I. M. Seruingmans Comfort (1868) 138 He turned his Cattle from Plough to Pasture, making Indentures all along the ditches. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 212 He must not runne directly forward, but wind too and fro, crooking like an indenture.] 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bricoller,..to reele, stagger, or make indentures, in going. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 146 He makes Indentures on each side of the way wheresoever he goes. 1733 Ess. Hunting 51 It must never be expected that the Indentures of the Hare can be well covered, or her Doubles struck off. II. Senses derived from indent v.² †4. An inlaying or embossing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] inlaying1598 inlay1656 indenture1664 indenting1730 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 Her eye is indented all over with a pure Emerauld-green, and all latticed or chequered with dimples..which makes the Indentures look more pleasantly. 5. A hollow or depression in a surface; = indentation n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface hollowc897 printa1387 impression1398 puncha1430 dent1565 dint1590 dinge1611 doke1615 impressurea1616 depressure1626 depression1665 dawk1678 swage1680 indent1690 sinking1712 dunkle1788 indenture1793 delve1811 subsidation1838 indention1839 recess1839 indentation1847 incavation1852 deepening1859 sink1875 malleation1881 ding1922 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §245 Little indentures upon the surface of the courses. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 334/1 Furrows..left by the indentures of vessels' bottoms. 1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly I. 201 He pointed to a deep indenture, as if caused by a heavy pressure. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations (from I.), as indenture-fashion, indenture-wise, adv. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Filicare, to notch about the edges, as ferne is, or indenter wise. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 542 Their Crisses or Daggers are two foote long waved Indenture fashion, and poysoned. C2. † indenture English n. Obsolete the language of legal deeds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 43 As if a wise man would take Halles Cronicle, where moch good matter is quite marde with Indenture Englishe, and first change, strange and inkhorne tearmes into proper, and commonlie vsed wordes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). indenturev. Etymology: < indenture n., in several unconnected senses, related to both verbs indent n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈdenture. I. From indenture n. 2 (indent v.¹). †1. intransitive. To enter into an indenture; to covenant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > enter into or make contract [verb (intransitive)] > enter into indenture indent1487 indenture1694 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 67 He's but slipt to the Bottom to recruit himself, and indenture with Stones to oblige their Protection. 2. transitive. To bind by indentures, esp. as an apprentice or servant. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > agree to by contract [verb (transitive)] > bind by contract > an apprentice or a servant fasten1426 indenture1676 article1693 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. I3^v A good Christian will not, cannot atturn and indenture his conscience over; to be Represented by others. 1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 111 Men..too deficient in skill, or industry, or character, to be employed or indentured by the profession. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 77 The plan of indenturing servants to colonial settlers. 1884 Daily News 13 Oct. 4/8 Mr. Cole..was indentured as a clerk or writer to Mr., afterwards Sir Francis, Palgrave. II. From indenture n. 3. †3. intransitive. To move in a zigzag line; to zigzag. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxi. 169 Indenturing along in some blinde-Alley, hee terribly affrights the Passenger if hee meete any: For hee coasts here and there, as if it were Saint Anthonies fire, or some ignis fatuus. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 134 They..tooke Their staues in hand, and at the good man strooke..But by indenturing, still the good man scap'd. III. From indenture n. 5 (indent v.²) 4. transitive. To make an indentation in; to indent, furrow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make indentation(s) in denta1398 indentc1595 dint1597 dinge1611 indenturec1770 dunkle1822 c1770 W. Woty Autumnal Song (T.) Age may creep on, and indenture the brow. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder v. 32 Immemorial plains Indentured where the furrows fill with flowers As with a Tyrian rain. Derivatives inˈdenturing n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course winding1398 crankling1598 crangling1608 indenturinga1632 meandering1652 sinuation1653 serpentinga1684 zigzaggery1761 twisting1768 zigzagging1827 switchbacking1913 zigging1977 society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture > binding by indenture indenturing1898 a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 108 Two Gallants..overtaken with Wine..loath..to take the benefit of a light, because their indenturing should not be observed. 1898 in Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/1 The Imperial sanction had been given to the indenturing of the Bechuana rebels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1400v.1631
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