WOODCUTTING

Etymology

Noun

woodcutting (countable and uncountable, plural woodcuttings)

The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood.

The process of making woodcuts.

Source: Wiktionary


Wood"cut`ting, n.

1. The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.

2. The act or art of engraving on wood. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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