Indent

Literally, to make in teeth; to cut in the form of teeth; in old conveyancing, to cut through parchment or paper in a line composed of a series of uniform points or angles like the teeth of a saw; in modern conveyancing, to cut in a waving line the edge or margin of the paper or parchment on which an indenture is, written; to bind by indenture; to bind as an apprentice. Indented: bound by indenture;