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offcut|ˈɒfkʌt, ɔː-| [f. off adv. 3 + cut v.] 1. Something that is cut off, e.g. one of the pieces cut off in shaping a block of stone, etc.; esp. an odd or waste piece left after the sawing of timber. In Printing, a piece cut off from a sheet to reduce it to the proper size; also, a part cut off the main sheet and folded separately, as in a sheet of duodecimo.
1663–4in Swayne Church-w. Acc. St. Thomas', Sarum (Wilts Rec. Soc.) 337 C. Horton work abt the leads 16s. with 18lb. of old offcuts. 1865–7Brande & Cox Dict. Sci. etc., Offcut,..is that part of a printed sheet which is cut off, and which, when folded, is inserted in the middle of the other part. 1883Stonemason Jan. 3 The off-cuts and rubble are closely packed in the disused workings. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 284 The offcuts were turned into pulpwood for newsprint. 1967Times Rev. Industry July 44/2 On the building site..a litter of broken and unbroken bricks, torn cement bags,..and timber offcuts is commonplace. 1973Listener 30 Aug. 291/1 There was another piece of filming about canals which looked like the off-cuts from some more ambitious documentary. 2. The act of cutting off. rare—1.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 29 If my soul does not thus featly stick out of my body, then it withdrew at the off-cut. |