Indented line

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indented \In*dent"ed\, a.
   1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
      jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
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   2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
      --Milton. Shak.
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   3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
      teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
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   4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
      indented servant.
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   5. (Zool.) Notched along the margin with a different color,
      as the feathers of some birds.
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   {Indented line} (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short
      faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving
      a flanking fire along the front of the next.
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