Definition of cutting

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Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..

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Notching :: Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Canoe :: Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder..
Excavation :: Excavation (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass..
Spade :: Spade (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure..
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) A cutting in two; a division.
Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing..
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..
Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.
Gurlet :: Gurlet (n.) A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Hollow :: Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate..
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever..
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