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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A cut at or near roof level in a seam.
- In electrochemical machining: the distance between the outside surface of the cathode and the side of the cut in the part being machined.
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Origin
:
mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From over- + cut
[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- That has been cut too much; overharvested; (of text) excessively abridged.
Phrases:
Origin
:
1940s; earliest use found in The American Economic Review. From over- + cut, after overcut
[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To cut or engrave so as to cover or efface (an earlier mark).
- To harvest (timber) at an unsustainably high rate.
- To accumulate an excessive number of unexcused absences from classes, chapel services, etc., especially in violation of an institution's attendance policy. Also with object.
- To cut (a seam) at or near roof level.
- To cut or produce a groove in a gramophone record with such amplitude as to run into an adjacent groove.
- To cut or trim more than is usual or desirable.
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From over- + cut
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