Cut"ting (k?t"t?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 ion cut off from a stoock 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.
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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.
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