The word for Tuesday 23.03.2010 is INDENT

Today's word is Indent. When l think of this word, l think of when some words start further in than the rest of the text..if that makes sense! Oh brings back memories when l was being taught to use a typewriter in school. I never was any good and l remember the teacher saying things like, "Lynda, your words are not starting in the right place and for goodness where are you indent markers?"! "Indented what to much" was my reply. Not teacher's pet l promise you! I would never have made a typist, for the life of me, when they made you put the cover over your hands and type what was being said to the class...chaos in my corner!
Anyway, another meaning for indent could be to do with buildings. For example when you have a wall and then it goes in by one brick, carries on at this level for a while, then back our again by one brick...an indent. Just like you will see, in the white brick wall, in the image below! We were stuck in a queue at a railway crossing, waiting for a train to go past, or so we thought. No such luck, three trains went past before the barrier went up again. I made use of this quiet time and was able to take this image! See, time is never wasted if you think fast enough!Ha.....or so my Girl guide leader used to say to me when l was about 13!

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indent 1verb |inˈdent| [ trans. ]1 start (a line of text) or position (a block of text, table, etc.) further from the margin than the main part of the text.2 (usu. be indented) form deep recesses in (a line or surface) : a coastline indented by many fjords.• make toothlike notches in : it has rounded leaves indented at the tip.3 [ intrans. ] Brit. make a requisition or written order for something.4 historical divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification.• draw up (a legal document) in exact duplicate.noun |inˈdent; ˈinˌdent| |ənˈdɛnt| |ˈɪnˈdɛnt| |ˈɪndɛnt|1 a space left by indenting a line or block of text.2 an indentation : every indent in the coastline.3 Brit. an official order or requisition for specified goods or stores.4 an indenture.DERIVATIVESindentor |-tər| |1nˈdɛn(t)ər| nounORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the sense [give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line] ): from Anglo-Norman Frenchendenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- ‘into’ + Latindens, dent- ‘tooth.’indent 2 |1nˈdɛnt| |ɪnˈdɛnt|verb [ trans. ]make a dent or depression in (something) : his chin was firm and slightly indented.• impress (a mark) on something.