Definition of notch

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Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

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Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Interlobar :: Interlobar (a.) Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland..
Hack :: Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America..
Jag :: Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain..
Dandelion :: Dandelion (n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves..
Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch..
Nock :: Nock (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Crenated :: Crenated (a.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops..
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