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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Pleurotoma :: Pleurotoma (n.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit..
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A notch; a cut.
Interclavicular :: Interclavicular (a.) Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum..
Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..
Crenated :: Crenated (a.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..
Serrulation :: Serrulation (n.) The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Crenature :: Crenature (n.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle..
Notching :: Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches..
Hack :: Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Jag :: Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Gap :: Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife..
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