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FLAKE |
Cut away |
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RETRENCH |
To cut off; to pare away. |
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HALVED |
Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away;
dimidiate. |
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CUTAWAY |
Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded
or cut away. |
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UNDERCUT |
To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave
an overhanging portion. |
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LIST |
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge
of; as, to list a board. |
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DEFALCATE |
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used
chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. |
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CHIP |
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. |
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FILE |
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with
a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. |
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RAZEE |
An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus
reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a
frigate. |
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ESCARPMENT |
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a
ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to
prevent hostile approach. See Scarp. |
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PITCH-FACED |
Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the
rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared
stones that are otherwise quarry-faced. |
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SNIP |
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with
shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off;
to snatch away. |
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VOIDED |
Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow
border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in
the vacant space; -- said of a charge. |
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PARE |
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,
ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as;
to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies. |
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ZINCOGRAPHY |
The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in
which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest
of the ground being eaten away by acid. |
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TENON |
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it,
and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the
parts of a ... |