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  • 31To cut up — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. [1913 Webster] 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster] Panels of white wood that… …

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  • 32champlevé — adjective Etymology: French Date: 1856 of, relating to, or being a style of enamel decoration in which the enamel is applied and fired in cells depressed (as by incising) into a metal background compare cloisonne • champlevé noun …

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  • 33incise — transitive verb (incised; incising) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inciser, from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere, from in + caedere to cut Date: 1567 1. to cut into 2. a. to carve figures, letters, or devices into ;… …

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  • 34stylus — noun (plural styli; also styluses) Etymology: Latin stylus, stilus spike, stylus more at style Date: 1773 an instrument for writing, marking, or incising: as a. an instrument used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets b. a hard… …

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  • 35cut — I. verb (cut; cutting) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument b. to hurt the feelings of c. to strike sharply with a cutting effect d …

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  • 36Brit milah — Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Genesis 17:1 14 …

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  • 37Female genital cutting — (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female… …

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  • 38Sculpture — Sculptor redirects here. For the constellation, see Sculptor (constellation). For other uses, see Sculpture (disambiguation). The Dying Gaul, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome …

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  • 39Coconut — For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 40Engraving — A copperplate engraver at work Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or… …

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