▪ I. indenting, vbl. n.1
(ɪnˈdɛntɪŋ)
[f. indent v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of indent v.1, or the result produced by this.
1. = indentation 1 and 2.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶343 The cost of embrowdynge, the degise, endentynge, barrynge..and semblable wast of clooth in vanitee. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 261/1 Indentynge, indentacio. 1551 Turner Herbal i. I v a, In forme and indentyng of the leafe, lyke vnto an oke leafe. 1608 Willet Hexapla Exod. 614 To carue a graue with incisions and indenting. 1650 Fuller Pisgah iv. iii. 44 They removed not foreright, but with many flexures and indentings. 1787 G. White Selborne v. (1789) 12 The outline, in all its curves and indentings, does not comprise less than thirty miles. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 437/2 Neither of these..take notice of any indentings in the curve..which divides the illuminated part from the dark in the disk of Venus. |
b. Her. (Cf. indented ppl. a.1 2.)
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vj a, This engraylyng is no propur langage aftir the sight of thys cros: bot rather an endentyng as truth is. 1611 J. Guillim Heraldry i. v. (1660) 28 Every of these Indentings, entring into the Field, lessen and take away some part of them as they goe. |
† 2. Mortising; a mortise joint: see indent v.1 7.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Chron. xxii. 3 And myche yren..to endentyngis [Vulg. ad commissuras] and ioynyngis Dauid made redy. |
3. The making of an indenture (2) or indent (n.1 3–5).
| 1488 in Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 33 In makyng of.. Rekennynges of pursers of shipps indentyng with diuers persons & other muniments. 1618 E. Elton Rom. vii. (1622) 115 By way of restipulation or indenting with them againe. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. ii. §40 Though there be no indenting, and conditional capitulating with God (who is to be taken on any terms). 1808 Penson in H. A. Page De Quincey (1877) I. vii. 137, I must insist on your indenting on my funds. |
▪ II. indenting, vbl. n.2
(ɪnˈdɛntɪŋ)
[f. indent v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of indent v.2, or the result produced by this.
1. = indentation 4.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Eschancrure, an indenting. 1606 Sylvester ii. iv. ii. Magnificence 59 Hils were not seen but for the Vales betwixt The deep indentings artificiall mixt. 1693 Phil. Trans. XVII. 955, I conclude, that these Indentings are the places where the Scarf-skin is most united to the Skin underneath it. 1746 Badcock ibid. XLIV. 168 The only Part of the Flower which appears with a Hollow or Indenting on its Top. |
† 2. Inlaying or embossing; inlaid work. Obs.
| 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 371 Ornamenting Works of Metal..by Indenting and In-laying. Ibid. These Indentings are of a reddish kind of Copper. |
▪ III. inˈdenting, ppl. a.
[f. indent v.2 + -ing2.]
That indents or makes indentations on a surface.
| 1831 J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 274 The contrivance of what are called indenting cylinders. |