Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Indenture

A written contract; so called because the skin on which it was written in duplicate was divided with an indented edge, to fit into each other.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Independence
Incubus
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Indenture from Fact Monster:

  • Matthew Ashby - Matthew Ashby Born: 1727 Birthplace: York County, Va. Ashby was the son of a black man and Mary ...
  • KwaZulu-Natal: History - History In the early 19th cent. the area was inhabited primarily by Bantu-speaking Zulu people. In ...
  • Fiji: People - People Indigenous Fijians are mainly of Melanesian origin with Polynesian elements, which are much ...
  • John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder - Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus , 1743–1823, Moravian ...
  • Réunion: History - History Réunion was known to the Arabs and was visited by the Portuguese in the early 16th ...

Related Content