INCISED

engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed

(adjective) cut or impressed into a surface; “an incised design”; “engraved invitations”

incised

(adjective) cut into with a sharp instrument

incised

(adjective) sharply and deeply indented

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

incised

simple past tense and past participle of incise

Anagrams

• Desinić, ceinids, indices

Source: Wiktionary


In*cised", a.

1. Cut in; carved; engraved.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.

INCISE

In*cise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incised; p. pr. & vb. n. Incising.] Etym: [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See Incide.]

1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. I on thy grave this epitaph incise. T. Carew.

2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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