Definition of notch

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Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain..

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Hack :: Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..
Notching :: Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches..
Incised :: Incised (a.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal..
Cog :: Cog (n.) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface..
Haggle :: Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain..
Bridgeboard :: Bridgeboard (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
Crenelate :: Crenelate (v. t.) To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf..
Ragguled :: Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge..
Oarlock :: Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock..
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Godroon :: Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in..
Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..
Interclavicular :: Interclavicular (a.) Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum..
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Notching :: Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
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