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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Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
Emarginated :: Emarginated (a.) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in..
Nock :: Nock (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow..
Wear :: Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water..
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..
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting..
Notching :: Notching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notc.
Cock :: Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
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..
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..
Jaw :: Jaw (n.) A notch or opening.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Godroon :: Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
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..
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..
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