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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.