Definition of notch

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Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain..

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Haggle :: Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood..
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Bridgeboard :: Bridgeboard (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
Indenture :: Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
Crenelate :: Crenelate (v. t.) To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf..
Cut :: Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad..
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..
Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..
Pleurotoma :: Pleurotoma (n.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit..
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Gib :: Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw..
Jag :: Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Gap :: Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife..
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