[kurf] 
| 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. |
| 4. | to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.). |
| kerf (kûrf) n.
[Middle English, from Old English cyrf, a cutting; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] |
