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  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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