Definition of notch

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Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..

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Serrulation :: Serrulation (n.) The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw..
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..
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Notching :: Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
Notching :: Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches..
Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
Gap :: Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife..
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..
Godroon :: Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.
Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..
Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..
Gain :: Gain (n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
Jaggy :: "Jaggy (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth..
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..
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..
Oarlock :: Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock..
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..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
Notchweed :: Notchweed (n.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria)..
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