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ˈwood-ˌcutting, n.
1. Wood-engraving. Also attrib.
1722Hearne's Collect. (O.H.S.) VII. 381 Wood-cutting being not so much used since ingraving came up. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law liv, The arts of printing and woodcutting have, in China and Japan, made books very cheap. 1890Athenæum 1 Mar. 281/2 Many inequalities..observed in the output of woodcutting botteghe.
2. The action or employment of cutting down trees for wood, or of cutting wood with saws or other appliances. Also attrib.
1872J. Richards Wood-working Machines 32 Wood⁓cutting Machines. 1893Rodway Hand-bk. Brit. Guiana 49 Wood-cutting grants are obtainable. 1899― Guiana Wilds 19 Now and again he did a little wood-cutting. |