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of Cut |
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To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp
instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. |
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To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to
hew; to mow or reap. |
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To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to
cut the hair; to cut the nails. |
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To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. |
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To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing,
etc.; to carve; to hew out. |
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To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to
lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. |
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To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right
angles. |
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To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in
the street; to cut one's acquaintance. |
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To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a
recitation. etc. |
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To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or
gashing; as, a knife cuts well. |
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To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting
instrument. |
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To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising,
intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. |
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To make a stroke with a whip. |
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To interfere, as a horse. |
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To move or make off quickly. |
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To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the
deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. |
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An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a
slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. |
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A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a
stroke or blow with a whip. |
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That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or
criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to
recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. |
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A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a
furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. |
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The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. |
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A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a
cut of timber. |
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An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an
engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. |
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The act of dividing a pack cards. |
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The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? |
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Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style;
fashion; as, the cut of a garment. |
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A common work horse; a gelding. |
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The failure of a college officer or student to be present at
any appointed exercise. |
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A skein of yarn. |
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Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. |
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Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. |
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Overcome by liquor; tipsy. |