indented
/ɪnˈdɛntɪd/ adjective C2- Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
- Having an irregular, uneven border; sinuous; undulating. · a heavily indented coastline
- Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated. · an indented border or ordinary
- Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured. · an indented servant
- Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
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Evidently, as they had dragged the stone up they had thrust the chunks of wood into the chink, until at last, when the opening was large enough to crawl through, they would hold it open by a billet placed lengthwise, which might very well become indented at the lower end, since the whole weight of the stone would press it down on to the edge of this other slab.
Everyone turned towards the procureur, who, unable to bear the universal gaze now riveted on him alone, advanced staggering into the midst of the tribunal, with his hair dishevelled and his face indented with the mark of his nails.
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