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noun
1.
a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
2.
Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
3.
the act of cutting or carving.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English kerf, kirf, Old English cyrf a cutting (cognate with Old Frisian kerf); akin to carve
before 1000; Middle English kerf, kirf, Old English cyrf a cutting (cognate with Old Frisian kerf); akin to carve
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