Notching

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A notched mark or pattern.

    "She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet."

  2. 2
    A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of notch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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crestsawscallop

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"She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet."

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