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notching |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Notching \Notch"ing\, n. 1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows. 2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches. 3. (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them as at the ends and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions. 4. (Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side See also {Gulleting}. 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.
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