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.
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