3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notch \Notch\, n. [Akin to nock; cf OD nock, OSw. nocka. Cf
{Nick} a notch.]
1. A hollow cut in anything a nick; an indentation.
And on the stick ten equal notches makes --Swift.
2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close
pass; a defile; as the notch of a mountain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Notching}.]
1. To cut or make notches in to indent; also to score by
notches; as to notch a stick.
2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow
notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
notch
n 1: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {incision},
{scratch}, {prick}, {slit}, {dent}]
2: the location in a range of mountains of a geological
formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we
got through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: {pass},
{mountain pass}]
3: a V-shaped indentation; "there were four notches in the
handle of his revolver"
4: a small cut [syn: {nick}, {snick}]
v 1: cut or make a notch into "notch the rope"
2: notch a surface to record something
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