A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

A stamp; an impression.

A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

“to indent the edge of paper”

To be cut, notched, or dented.

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

“indent a smooth surface with a hammer”