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  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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