Adjacent Words

Incised definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCI'SED, a. [L. incisus, from incido, to cut.]
Cut; made by cutting; as an incised wound; incised lips.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sharply and deeply indented
2: cut into with a sharp instrument
3: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. cut in ; engraved; especially decorated with incised figures 2. having a margin that is deeply and sharply notched <an incised leaf>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incise In*cise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incised; p. pr. & vb. n. Incising.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See Incide.] 1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. I on thy grave this epitaph incise. --T. Carew. 2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incised In*cised", a. 1. Cut in; carved; engraved. 2. (Bot.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Cut, gashed. 2. Cut, carved, graved, engraved, graven.

Moby Thesaurus

battlemented, canaliculate, canaliculated, carved, chamfered, channeled, chopped, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, costate, creased, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate, crimped, cut, dadoed, dentate, dentated, embrasured, enchased, engraved, erose, fluted, furrowed, gashed, glyphic, goffered, gouged, graved, graven, grooved, impressed, imprinted, indented, inscribed, insculptured, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, lined, marked, nicked, notched, pleated, printed, rabbeted, ribbed, rifled, rutted, rutty, saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored, scratched, sculptured, serrate, serrated, serrulated, slit, stamped, striated, sulcate, sulcated, tooled, toothed, troughed, wrinkled