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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Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
Lithoglyphic :: Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.
Apo :: Apo () A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous..
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Topiarian :: Topiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening..
Haymaking :: Haymaking (n.) The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill..
Meatotome :: Meatotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..
Hock :: Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Gastroelytrotomy :: Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous..
Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
Gurlet :: Gurlet (n.) A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge.
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