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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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, n.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: cutting, edged, stinging]
2: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
3: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] n
1: the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film [syn: film editing, cutting]
2: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting [syn: cutting, slip]
3: the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" [syn: cut, cutting]
4: a piece cut off from the main part of something
5: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting]
6: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape [syn: carving, cutting]
7: the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" [syn: cut, cutting]
8: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn: cut, cutting]
9: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: cutting, thinning]
10: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. something cut or cut off or out: as a. a plant section originating from stem, leaf, or root and capable of developing into a new plant b. harvest 2. something made by cutting; especially record 4 II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. given to or designed for cutting; especially sharp, edged 2. marked by sharp piercing cold <cutting winds> 3. inclined or likely to wound the feelings of others especially because of a ruthless incisiveness <a cutting remark> 4. intense, piercing <a cutting pain> • cuttingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a piece cut from a newspaper etc. 2 a piece cut from a plant for propagation. 3 an excavated channel through high ground for a railway or road. --adj. see CUT v. 5. Derivatives: cuttingly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.] 1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope. 2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron. ii. 8 3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. 4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. 5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak. Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton. 6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. The man was cut to the heart. --Addison. 7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. 8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.] 9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cutting Cut"ting (k[u^]t"t[i^]ng), n. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cutting Cut"ting, a. 1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. 2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind. 3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cuttings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. (BRIT; in AM, use clipping) Here are the press cuttings and reviews. = clipping N-COUNT 2. A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it. Take cuttings from it in July or August. N-COUNT 3. A cutting is a narrow valley cut through a hill so that a railway line or road can pass through. (BRIT; in AM, use cut) N-COUNT 4. A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings. People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful. ADJ

Easton's Bible Dictionary

the flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 48:37).

Allusions are made in Revelation (13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Gal. 6; 7) and by Ezekiel (9:4). (See HAIR.)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Sharp, keen. 2. Severe, sarcastic, satirical, wounding.

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