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Webster 1913 Edition

Cutting

Cut′ting

(kŭt′tĭng)
,
Noun.
1.
The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
2.
Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.

Cut′ting

,
Adj.
1.
Adapted to cut;
as, a
cutting
tool
.
2.
Chilling; penetrating; sharp;
as, a
cutting
wind
.
3.
Severe; sarcastic; biting;
as, a
cutting
reply; a
cutting
remark
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cutting

CUTTING

,
ppr.
[See Cut.]
1.
Dividing by an edged instrument; cleaving by the stroke or motion of an edged instrument, as by a knife, ax, or saw; hewing; carving; intersecting; piercing.
2.
a. Piercing the heart; wounding the feelings; deeply affecting with shame or remorse; pungent; piquant; satirical; as a cutting reflection.

CUTTING

,
Noun.
1.
A separation or division; a piece cut off; a ship; as the cuttings of vines.
2.
The operation of removing a stone from the bladder.

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