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underˈcutting, vbl. n.
[f. undercut v.]
The action of the verb in various senses; the result of cutting away below.
1613–39I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 45 The under cutting of the Corona too, is simple. Ibid., Many times the Ancients did carve the Undercutting of the Corona, with Leaves. 1836Palgrave Cal. & Inv. Exchequer I. p. xxi, The ground [of the seal] is grained, and the under⁓cutting and fillagree are so deep [etc.]. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. III. ii. 89 Elaborate backgrounds,..together with useless undercutting, and over-finish in subordinate parts. 1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 37 This will allow an undercutting of the old works from 800 to 1,000 feet. |