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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOTCHING

NOTCHING Notch "ing, n.

 

1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

 

2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

 

3. (Carp. )

 

Defn: A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc. , by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

 

4. (Engin. )

 

Defn: A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.