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notchn.

Brit. /nɒtʃ/, U.S. /nɑtʃ/
Forms: 1500s notche, 1500s– notch, 1600s–1700s noch, 1700s (1900s rare) knotch.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French noche, osche, oche.
Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman noche (early 14th cent.), variant of Anglo-Norman and Middle French osche notch, hole in an object (1170 in Old French), oche incised mark used to keep a record (13th cent.; French hoche nick, small notch; further etymology uncertain and disputed: see below), with attraction of n from the indefinite article in French (compare nombril n.).Anglo-Norman and Middle French osche , oche is cognate with post-classical Latin osca (858 in a source from Navarre, Aragon), Old Occitan osca (c1228), Catalan osca (14th cent.). Several possibilities have been suggested for the further etymology of the Romance word, including a Gaulish word cognate with Breton ask notch, nick, and a pre-Indo-European substratal survival related to Basque ozka notch (if this is not itself a loan from Romance). Although this word corresponds closely in form and meaning to both nick n.1 and nock n.1, no etymological relationship has been established between them. Examples of oche v. occur in Middle English in the alliterative Morte Arthure (see quots. s.v.), but a corresponding noun has apparently not been recorded in English. The following perhaps puns on sense 4a, although the literal sense is unclear:a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) i. 19 The Widow's Notch shall lie open to you.
1.
a. A groove, incision, or indentation (typically V-shaped in cross-section) in an edge, or across or through a surface.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch
nick?a1450
gap1530
notch1555
natch1570
notching1640
nitch1726
snick1775
nicking1844
jog1845
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > cut made in pruning
lance1669
fall1893
notch1916
1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 335v Tables made eyther of the tymber of plane trees, of elme, or whyte nuttes,..hauing theyr playnes made ful of hackes, & notches, with the helpe of the sawe or such other instrumentes of iren.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xx. sig. F ij v Make a fyne notche, or marke vpon that subtending staffe.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. vi. f. 107v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The one ende set on a peece of woodde, which goeth crosse ouer ye two rabets, & the other ende being let into the blocke, holding the Axe, with a notche made into the same after the maner of a Sampsons post.
1597 W. Barlow Navigator's Supply sig. D3v Prepare a little Notche or slit of equall deapth in the two sights of the sight-Ruler.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 31 To make the noch of his arrow he hath the tooth of a Beaver, set in a sticke, wherewith he grateth it by degrees.
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. 60 A little wheel, with some notches in it, equivalent to teeth.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 41 The other end..is jagged with notches like a Harpoon.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 96 With much chopping..hard Wood, they were all full of Notches and dull.
1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 45 A crooked Bit of Brass, with a Notch in it.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 306 Each circle..is divided into eleven parts, and at each a rectangular notch is cut.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1276 Every year after the horn is protruded from the head, with a notch on it.
1882 R. Jefferies Bevis I. x. 172 He could hardly cut the hard dried bark of the ash... He made a spiral notch round it.
1916 tr. K. Koopmann in L. H. Bailey Pruning-man. v. 127 Notches are made on twigs of one year's growth or more, to influence a particular bud in various ways.
1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ix. 91 The earliest rear sights consisted of a blade in which was a notch.
1991 APWA Reporter Oct. 17/2 (advt.) Lid lifter fits round and rectangular lids..with center holes, off-center holes or side notches.
2001 RCM & E (Radio Control Models & Electronics) Mar. 77/3 Mark the position of all the formers and undercarriage plates onto the fuselage sides, and cut the notches that leg B will fit into.
b. Archery. = nock n.1 1a. Obsolete. rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > end of
nocka1398
horn1611
notch1621
recurve1961
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 338 This present Sultan makes notches for bowes.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 450 The evil thing of brass and wood Up to his ear the notches drew.
c. Dressmaking and Tailoring. An indentation marked on a pattern or cut into the edge of a piece of material to enable accurate matching of a seam.In quot. a1644 figurative.
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a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) viii We cut out doctrines, and from notch to notch, We fit our holy Stuffe.
1917 D. F. Canfield Understood Betsy vii. 174 Stashie..did the first basting, putting the notches together carefully, while they read the instructions aloud.
1967 Simplicity 7391 (Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc.) Stitch along seam line and ¼″ inside seam line between notches.
1992 Sew News Dec. 45/2 Pin the first band section to the bodice, matching the notches.
d. Each of a series of holes in the end of a belt or strap into which the pin of a buckle may be inserted. Also in figurative context.
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1846 J. S. Holt Jrnl. Dec. in J. F. H. Claiborne Life & Corr. J. A. Quitman (1860) I. x. 277 The men..let out their belts a notch or two.
1897 Outing 30 266/2 When you have girded yourself up to the last notch, so to speak.
1954 R. Dahl Someone like You 244 The muzzle-strap to be tightened an extra four notches.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 23 Oct. 20/2 His pearl snap-button shirt is open, his belt loosened a notch, his head propped up with a bulky, weathered arm.
1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives vi. 116 Flora tried out a new diet and pulled her wide belt one notch tighter.
e. Each of a graduated series of indentations, marks, or points on the dial of an instrument or control.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1582/1 The dial is figured from 0 to 16, the index being moved one notch for every chain run.
1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars xxvii. 321 With one hand on the steering wheel and the other pushing the speed lever to its last notch I split the thin air..with the speed of a meteor.
1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages vii. 146 He turned up the central heating a notch.
1986 Punch 18 June 37/1 Men in the outposts of a sweltering Empire would turn up the fan a notch or two.
f. A slit in the ground made to take the roots of a seedling tree.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation > slit or trench for planting
scrobe1686
notch1891
1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. ii. 126 An enlarged notch may be produced by swaying it [sc. the notching spade] to and fro.
1934 Forestry 8 21 A deep vertical notch..with adequate firming, is the best method of planting.
1970 H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation vii. 107 In its simplest form, the notch is just a slit cut into the ground, into which the tree's roots are inserted.
2.
a. A nick (usually one of a number of nicks) made on a stick, etc., as a means of keeping a record, score, or total. Also figurative.out of all scotch and notch: see scotch n.1 Phrases.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > mark made to keep score or record
nick?a1450
notch1565
chalk1674
tally1951
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > tally > notch cut in
scorec1460
notch1565
round O1625
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Crena, a notche in a skore.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vne oche, vn cren, or crenne, a notch in a skore.
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F The Exposer has..payed him exactly, though not in as good Billet, yet in as many Notches.
a1689 A. Behn Widdow Ranter (1690) iii. i. 27 Your Warrants are like a Brewers Tally a Notch on a Stick.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 74 Upon the Sides of this square Post I cut every Day a Notch with my Knife.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 560 Th' indented stick, that loses day by day Notch after notch . View more context for this quotation
1798 T. Dibdin Mouth of Nile iii. 23 We've made another notch in the Calendar of Victory.
1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 41 (note) It is customary amongst the Missouri Indians to register every exploit in war, by making a notch for each on the handle of their tomahawks.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xxi. 147 The notches he had recorded for the snows (or years) of his life.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 155 He felt sure that there was a notch made against him, and that somehow or other he was intended to pay.
1902 Wyoming Derrick 9 Oct. 1/3 As a scout, the hunter of train robbers and outlaws and the regulator of cattle thieves, has to put a good many notches in his gun.
1958 T. H. White Once & Future King ii. vii. 259 He showed the hole where the lead was poured in, and the nails through the end, and the notches near the handle which stood for ancient scalps.
1986 R. Brandon Left, Right & Centre xxxii. 184 ‘Did you know that poor Art Brownson died? Quite suddenly, I believe.’ ‘Another notch in your gun?’
b. In extended use: a run in cricket. Now historical.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > run
notch1730
run1752
1730 London Evening-post 18 Aug. The London Side won by on Notch.
1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/2 If in running a notch, the wicket is struck down by a throw..it's out.
1812 Sporting Mag. 40 246 A match..which was won by Burley, ninety-seven notches against sixty-five.
1835 W. Howitt in Friendship Miss Mitford (1882) I. xii. 293 The sudden shout..of the crowd when the last decisive notch was gained.
1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 137 1,163 notches have been placed to his credit by the scorers.
1912 Chambers's Jrnl. July 449/2 Three of the University batsmen fell in rapid succession without a single ‘notch’ to their credit.
1986 Club Cricketer May 14/2 London outplayed Surrey, winning the 20 guineas stake-money by six notches.
3.
a. An opening; a break or breach.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun]
holec725
thirla900
eyeOE
opena1200
opening?c1225
overturec1400
overta1425
wideness?c1425
howe1487
hiatus1563
vent1594
apertion1599
ferme1612
notch1615
sluice1648
gape1658
aperture1661
want1664
door1665
hiulcitya1681
to pass through the eye of a needle (also a needle's eye)1720
vista1727
light1776
ope1832
lacuna1872
doughnut hole1886
1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 17 Aug. (1899) I. 27 The poynte bearing W.S.W...is a downeright sharpe rocke with two Notches making a Baye, lyeing in W.S.W.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont ii. 25 The direction of this passage is oblique, and full of stops or notches.
1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney View Soil & Climate U.S.A. 66 The gaps, whose sides..exhibit those notches occasioned by the first overflowings of the lake.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xi. 130 The Amphitheatre was a huge circular enclosure, with a notch at opposite extremities of its diameter north and south.
1965 G. J. Jones Fund. Workshop Technol. i. 5 The slag is allowed to run off through the slag notch for disposal and then the furnace is tapped.
1971 P. Berton Last Spike v. i. 187 The trains were destined to travel on the very lip of the precipice into which a kind of notch had been blasted, the roof consisting of solid rock.
b. Chiefly North American. A narrow opening or defile through mountains; a deep narrow pass.Common in place names in parts of New England, U.S.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > mountain pass
gowl1638
notch1649
ghat1698
neck1707
slap1715
narrow1768
bealach1794
poort1796
kotal1880
1649 C. Wilde Voy. to Madras (Sloane 3231) f. 31v Ye great notch or opening of ye hill.
1718 S. Sewall Diary 15 Sept. (1973) II. 902 About ½ way between the Notch of the Mountain and Hartford.
1760 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1882) XXXVI. 32 On arriving on the Lake, I took the bearing of a Notch or Break in the Mountains.
1812 J. Melish Trav. in U.S.A. I. 98 There is a singular curiosity in the state [of New Hampshire] called the Notch, which is a pass through the mountains.
1838 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1883) 197 This Notch is otherwise called the Bellowspipe, being a long and narrow valley, with a steep wall on either side.
1890 J. H. Ward White Mts. 45 The Crawford Notch is so much in the heart of the mountains that it offers unusual facilities for seeing them.
1906 W. Churchill Coniston 2 Coniston Mountain, with its notch road that winds over the saddle behind the withers of it.
1930 J. Beames Army without Banners 140 By the first he discovered a short cut through a notch between two hills that eliminated seven miles of the crooked and treacherous Moose River.
1979 United States 1980–81 661 The ragged, hairpin road through the notch is impassable during winter.
c. An opening extending above the water level in a weir or similar structure placed across a river or stream.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > weir > opening in
notch1770
1770 J. Smeaton Reports (1812) iii. 53 The mill, in case it is not a time of short water, is to have its water passing the notch shortened.
1790 T. Wright Advantages & Method Watering Meadows (ed. 2) 20 Keep it [sc. the water] high enough to flow through the notches, (or what we improperly call sluices).
a1830 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) III. 238/1 Theoretically the quantity discharged through a rectangular notch, which reaches to the surface, is two-thirds of what would issue through an equal orifice placed at the whole depth below the level of the fluid.
1907 W. C. Unwin Treat. Hydraulics v. 96 Notches for measuring purposes are weirs fitted with a plate in which an open notch is formed through which the water passes.
1914 W. M. Wallace Hydraulics xii. 188 Where it is possible to provide an artificial section for the stream the gauge notch is used, of which there are three standard forms, viz., (1) rectangular, (2) circular, (3) triangular.
1974 J. A. Fox Introd. Engin. Fluid Mech. iii. 99 In the case of orifices and rectangular notches the coefficient of discharge varies with both the Reynolds number and the value of l/h.
1995 N. Hudson Soil Conservation (ed. 3) viii. 173 The shape of the notch gives the desirable combination of sensitivity at low flows and large capacity at high flows.
4. In various figurative uses.
a. coarse slang. The female genitals.Recorded earliest in notchweed n. at Compounds 2.In quot. c1720 punning on sense 2a; perhaps cf. also quot. a1627 in etymological note above.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]
cuntc1230
quivera1382
chosec1386
privy chosea1387
quoniamc1405
naturec1470
shell1497
box1541
water gate1541
mouth1568
quiver case1568
water gap1586
cunnya1593
medlar1597
mark1598
buggle-boo1600
malkin1602
lap1607
skin coat1611
quim1613
nest1614
watermilla1626
bum1655
merkin1656
twat1656
notch1659
commodity1660
modicum1660
crinkum-crankum1670
honeypot1673
honour1688
muff1699
pussy1699
puss1707
fud1771
jock1790
cock?1833
fanny?1835
vaginac1890
rug1893
money-maker1896
Berkeley1899
Berkeley Hunt1899
twitchet1899
mingea1903
snatch1904
beaver1927
coozie1934
Sir Berkeley1937
pocketbook1942
pranny1949
zatch1950
cooch1955
bearded clam1962
noonie1966
chuff1967
coozea1968
carpet1981
pum-pum1983
front bum1985
coochie1986
punani1987
front bottom1991
va-jay-jay2000
1659 W. Coles Adam in Eden 577 It is called..in English Stinking Arach, and Notchweed.
1660 ‘Mercurius Philalethes’ Select City Quaeries II. 12 Whether..the Barber buss'd the Wenches Rump out of love to her Notch, or respect of saving charges in the Law.
c1720 Turnep Ground in J. S. Farmer National Ballad & Song (1897) I. 224 We'll scow'r off all their Notches.
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Notch, the private parts of a woman.
1873 Romance of Lust II. 11 He placed Lizzie on the top of me, and guided my prick himself into her delicious tight little notch.
1994 Rescue in rec.arts.erotica (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Oct. He pictured himself coming..in her sweet wet notch.
b. A point on a scale; a step, degree, or gradation. Cf. nick n.1 12c.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > a stage in a process or development
degreec1230
greea1340
steadc1370
pointc1475
nick1649
stadium1669
notch1670
grade1796
step1811
milestone1820
way station1863
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. āiiijv Traueling takes my yong nobleman four notches lower, in his self-conceit and pride.
1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. x. 368 We could not perceive that they were guilty of much Learning; of which the lowest degree is several notches above their most exalted capacity.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 242 To bring them forward to the same notch of time.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxii. 275 Ah, baily, she's a notch above you, and you must own it.
1958 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 21 Sept. 4/9 Each of the Transvaal's 13,000 teachers will have their pay raised by at least one notch on October 1.
1979 J. Raban Arabia through Looking Glass vi. 198 In the hierarchy of labour they formed an upper working class of semi-skilled men—a clear notch or two above the Baluchis.
2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 2 Jan. a1/3 The confrontation was dialed down a notch after Pakistan moved to arrest leaders of militant groups.
c. North American colloquial and regional. to the notch and variants: to the right standard, to perfection, exactly. Cf. nick n.1 3.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > be exact [phrase]
to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450
to the notch1790
1790 R. Tyler Contrast v. i. 69 There the old man was even with her; he was up to the notch.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 349 We..tumbled over, no matter how often; but we hit the ships to a notch.
1925 R. L. Bullard Personalities & Reminisc. War ii. 13 He could be very generous toward each man's peculiarities or failings provided that man was devoted and up to the notch in his own specialty.
1965–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 827/2 To the last notch... Right down to the notch.
5. An act of notching or cutting. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched
nicking1551
notching1599
gappinga1684
notch1844
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 506 Small holes made in the ground with three or four notches of the spade.
1890 J. Kerr Hist. Curling iv. 161 The hack or notch in the ice,..is a later style of foothold.
6. Economics. A point or band on an income or other scale; spec. one at which the presence of an upper (or lower) limit to eligibility for a financial benefit or tax advantage results in relative disadvantage for those just below (or above) the limit, or in between two such limits; (also) the situation brought about by this; spec. = poverty trap n. at poverty n. Compounds. See also Compounds 3, and notch baby n., notch provision n. at Compounds 2.Sometimes used spec. with reference to U.S. citizens born between 1917 and 1921, who were believed by some to have received less than their full entitlement of social security benefits.
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1937 Washington Evening Star 27 Dec. 1/8 Firms with medium-sized incomes, ranging up from $25,000, would be placed in what subcommitteemen termed a ‘notch’.
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 15 May 2/8 The notch, instead of $67, is $38.50, and it stops at $265.52.
1973 Jrnl. Human Resources 8 431 The result has been variously called a ‘poverty trap’ or a ‘poverty surtax’, but it is a classic example of an ‘income notch’.
1995 Q. Rev. Econ. 110 912 She loses her AFDC eligibility, and therefore her Medicaid benefits... This discontinuous drop in benefits has been called the ‘Medicaid notch’.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic.
notch-flowered adj. Obsolete
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > of specific size, form, or arrangement
chaliceda1616
umbelliferous1668
umbellated1731
pyramidal1777
umbellate1785
starry-eyed1793
umbellal1836
hoop-petticoated1837
grandiflora1839
belleda1849
mop-headed1862
geminiflorous1866
notch-flowered1885
multiflora1934
1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Notch-flowered,..having the flowers notched at the margin.
notch-leaved adj.
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1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1452 I generally observe the Notch-Leaved Ferns to be margine pulverulento.
1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 468 Alnus Serrulata Notch-leaved Alder.
1917 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Life of Grasshopper xx. 438 Euphorbia serrata, the narrow notch-leaved spurge.
notch-tailed adj.
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1980 R. Howard & A. Moore Compl. Checklist Birds of World 638/2 Temnurus temnurus (Notch-tailed Tree Pie).
C2.
notch baby n. U.S. a person whose date of birth falls between two dates delimiting a notch (sense 6), and who is thus ineligible for some benefit.
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1983 Houston Post 5 Sept. f3/2 Dear Abby..If you are drawing Social Security and were born in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 or 1921 (called ‘the notch years’), you are being unjustly penalized... Write your congressman requesting that..a new bill be introduced to correct this unfair situation.—Notch-year Baby.]
1984 Congress. Rec. 14 Sept. 25515/2 For notch babies..who waited until 65 to retire, the drop could be as great as 10 percent in one year.
2001 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 13 Dec. c1 You're not a notch baby. For more than 20 years now, many older Americans born between 1917 and 1921 have expressed concern that they were denied the benefits they deserved.
notchback n. and adj. (a) n. a car whose rear upper bodywork extends approximately horizontally from the bottom of the rear window so as to make a distinct angle with it (cf. fastback n. 2); (b) adj. (attributive) designating (a car having) such rear bodywork; also in extended use.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage > horizontally projecting boot
notchback1965
1959 Motor 28 Oct. 447/2 The Special Continental saloon..was notable for the abandonment of the sloping tail in favour of a notched back treatment.]
1965 J. Lawlor How to talk Car 76 Notch-back, body design with a separate distinct rear deck. The term is used to distinguish conventional styling from fast-back design.
1971 Flying (N.Y.) Apr. 40/1 In 1962, the Cessna 182 got the Omni-Vision treatment, with a notchback after fuselage and auto-style rear window.
1989 Motor Trend Mar. 18/1 Outside, the Person's longer, lower notchback styling is distinguished by pillarless side windows.
1997 Car Mar. 46 The Americans love notchbacks, but they don't like hatchbacks.
notch bar test n. Materials Science = notched-bar test n. at notched adj. Compounds.
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1957 Financial Times Ann. Rev. Brit. Industry 61/4 To predict the service behaviour of the steel..the information derived from small notch bar tests is being amplified.
1976 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 349 543 The change in transition temperature upon embrittling differs only some 10% between the slow bend notch bar and Charpy impact tests.
notch-block n. Nautical Obsolete = snatch-block n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > specific forms of block
snap-block1626
tail-block1769
notch-block1788
strap-bound-block1794
monkey1834
strap-block1875
butterfly block1882
1788 Trans. Soc. Arts 6 207 A rope passing over the shieve of a notch block.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 38 Snatch-Blocks (or Notch-Blocks) which are single blocks with a notch cut in one cheek, to receive the bight of a rope.
notch-board n. (a) Building a board grooved to receive the ends of the steps in a staircase; (b) a notched board placed in a channel to impede the flow of water (obsolete).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > stringers
stair-tree1374
sister1518
rail1679
string1711
carriage1758
rough string1819
notch-board1823
bridgeboard1842
stringer1883
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > board with notches
notch-board1823
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 189 A notch-board is a board into which the ends of the steps are let.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1024 Notch-boards injure the edges of feeders, besides causing deep holes to be scooped beyond them by the fall of water.
1855 Sci. Amer. 15 Sept. 403/1 Two-thirds of the quantity must be taken when water flows over a notch board.
1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. I. 365/3 Bridge-board, a board on which the ends of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened. Sometimes called notch-board.
notch-brittle adj. susceptible to fracture at a notch when a sudden load is applied.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [adjective] > relating to change of form > having high notch sensitivity
notch-sensitive1946
notch-brittle1958
1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 212/1 In notch brittle materials the notch or crack is propagated with great rapidity under sudden loading conditions.
1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 299 13 The steel plate and weld metal were notch brittle at −10°C.
notch brittleness n. Materials Science susceptibility to fracture at a notch when a sudden load is applied; the degree of this.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > specific susceptibility to fracture
notch effect1925
notch brittleness1929
1929 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 120 514 The authors first discuss two diagrams representing the ratios of the notch-brittleness obtained by means of Mesnager test-pieces and large Charpy test-pieces for a large number of steels.
1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. v. 272 To determine the notch brittleness (or notch toughness), impact tests are performed on specimens prepared with a notch of precise width, depth and shape.
notch-eared bat n. a small bat of southern Europe, North Africa, and south-west Asia, Myotis emarginatus (family Vespertilionidae), distinguished by a deep notch in the hind edge of the ear; also called Geoffroy's bat.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous type of
blude-black1647
music-stamper1713
red bat1775
Geoffroy's bat1829
reddish-grey bat1837
notch-eared bat1840
pachyote1865
notched-eared bat1871
valve-tailed bat1871
Negro-bat1885
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 74 Notch-eared Bat (V. emarginatus).—The fur reddish-grey above, ash-coloured beneath.
1991 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 28 255 (title) Echolocation in the notch-eared bat, Myotis emarginatus.
notch effect n. Materials Science the increase in the susceptibility of a specimen to fracture caused by the presence of a notch.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > specific susceptibility to fracture
notch effect1925
notch brittleness1929
1925 M. A. Grossmann tr. E. Heyn Physical Metallogr. v. 299 With decreasing b, hence with increasing notch effect, the values for q and εe decrease.
1995 Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 43 3814/1 This observation has indicated that there is an additional factor to the notch effect of PSBs on fatigue crack initiation.
notch factor n. Materials Science the ratio of the fatigue strength of a material having no stress concentration to that of the same material in which stress raisers exist.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > ratios of fatigue and stress concentration
notch sensitiveness1934
notch sensitivity1934
notch factor1939
1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 728 As the notch-depth increases, the notch-factor increases up to a critical value of the notch-depth, and thereafter decreases.
1968 F. A. d'Isa Mech. of Metals vii. 326 The actual effectiveness of stress concentration on fatigue strength is measured by the fatigue notch factor, Kf.
notch filter n. Electronics a filter that attenuates signals within a very narrow band of frequencies.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > filter > type of
band-pass filter1922
slope filter1937
comb filter1941
state variable1942
noise filter1960
notch filter1962
1950 Electronics July 75/3 (heading) Notching filters.]
1962 Electronic Technol. 39 332/1 At v.h.f. it is desirable to construct notch filters from coaxial elements.
1988 V. Capel Audio & Hi-Fi Engineer's Pocket Bk. 120 The inclusion of a 19kHz pilot-tone notch filter may slightly reduce the upper response.
notch-girdle v. Forestry transitive to girdle (a tree) by cutting a continuous notch or series of notches around the trunk, extending into the sapwood.
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1953 Forestry Abstr. 15 313 Trees band-girdled..sprouted less..than trees notch-girdled (to a sapwood depth of 0.25–0.75 in.).
1957 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. II (Empire Forestry Assoc.) ii. 79 Girdle, notch, to girdle by making a close series of downward and upward cuts through the bark, cambium and outer wood, so notching the wood all around the bole.
notch-girdled adj. Forestry that has been subject to notch-girdling.
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1925 Jrnl. Agric. Res. 31 269 Percentage of germination of seeds from—notch-girdled trees..Peeled trees.
notch-girdling n. Forestry a method of girdling a tree which involves cutting a continuous notch or series of notches around the trunk, extending into the sapwood (cf. notching n. 4b).
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1939 Station Note Central States Forest Exper. Station (Columbus, Ohio) No. 37. 2 The four methods of treatment were..cutting..notch-girdling, the killing of all the trees by the removal of a ring of bark and sapwood, thus bringing about a gradual release during the first year; [etc.].
1971 F. C. Ford-Robertson Terminol. Forest Sci. 119/1 Making a series of close downward and upward, i.e. V-shaped, incisions into the sapwood is termed notch-girdling.
1987 Forestry 60 45 (title) The physiology of epicormic bud emergence in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.). Responses to partial notch girdling in thinned and unthinned stands.
notch-head n. Architecture Obsolete an ornamental incision in stone.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 320/1 An ornamental parapet, with a cornice of notch-heads, or dog-tooth, or corbels.
notch-ladder n. rare a notched pole serving as a ladder.
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1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 657/2 A notable feature of these smaller mines is the notch-ladder system of conveying the ore from the interior to the pit-head. Two masts, notched like bear-poles, form the means of ascent and descent for a more or less continuous chain of peons.
notch planting n. = notching n. 3.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation > notch-planting
notching1847
notch planting1953
1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. ix. 145 Notch planting..is the simplest and cheapest method, by which the majority of forest trees are planted today.
1970 H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation vii. 107 (heading) Notch planting.
notch provision n. Economics a provision (in a system of taxation, etc.) designed to eliminate or lessen the effect of a notch (sense 6).
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1938 F. M. Vinson in Congr. Rec. 3 Mar. 2780/1 Without the notch provisions, a corporation with an ordinary net tax of $25,001..would have a tax of $1,475.20 more than the corporation with a net income of $1 less.
1945 H. L. Lutz Guideposts to Free Econ. xi. 101 A so-called ‘notch’ provision would be required to prevent the income tax from reducing incomes that are slightly above the $1,000 or $2,000 levels, respectively, to a point below those levels.
1950 H. C. Murphy National Debt v. 53 Amounts of tax liability of $50 or less were canceled completely, and those between $50 and $66.67 were canceled more than 75 per cent in accordance with a ‘notch’ provision.
notch-ringing n. Forestry Obsolete = notch-girdling n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > removing bark from trees > removing circle of bark
ring1700
girdling1792
ringing1816
girdle1825
notch-ringing1884
ringbarking1938
1884 Australasian 8 Nov. 875/1 In notch-ringing, a belt of bark is not only removed, but a notch running round the tree is cut in the sap-wood about 2 in. deep.
notch-sensitive adj. Materials Science characterized by a high notch sensitivity.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [adjective] > relating to change of form > having high notch sensitivity
notch-sensitive1946
notch-brittle1958
1946 Metallurgia 33 250/1 A forthright statement of which material is the more notch sensitive seems impossible.
1994 Jrnl. Materials Engin. & Performance 3 356 The δ-phase precipitates formed at an angle to the grain boundaries do not make the material notch sensitive.
notch sensitiveness n. Materials Science rare = notch sensitivity n.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > ratios of fatigue and stress concentration
notch sensitiveness1934
notch sensitivity1934
notch factor1939
1934 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 130 653 The investigation of notch sensitiveness, the use of the index of notch sensitiveness..and the connection between the index and the chemical composition..are discussed.
notch sensitivity n. Materials Science the reduction of strength of a material caused by the presence of a notch or other stress raiser; the degree of this.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > ratios of fatigue and stress concentration
notch sensitiveness1934
notch sensitivity1934
notch factor1939
1934 Jrnl. Res. National Bureau of Standards (U.S.) 13 535 Even for annealed copper, notch sensitivity evidently is equal to that of steels with tensile strength five times as great.
1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. v. 272 The term ‘notch sensitivity’ is applied to the degree to which these discontinuities reduce the mechanical properties.
notch sight n. a gunsight incorporating a notch through which aim is taken.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight > types of
dispart1578
telescopic sight1674
plain sight1686
aim-frontlet1745
hausse1787
foresight1806
gloaming sight1817
night-sight1822
bead1831
leaf1832
backsight1847
globe sight1847
pendulum hausse1850
hindsight1851
tangent scale1859
tangent1861
tangent backsight1862
training pendulum1862
training level1863
peep sight1866
dispart-sight1867
notch sight1867
buck-horn1877
orthoptic1881
aperturea1884
pinball-sighta1884
dispart patch1884
sight bar1884
flap-sight1887
barley-corn1896
ring sight1901
riflescope1902
spotting scope1904
tangent sight1908
Aldis sight1918
wind-sight1923
scope sight1934
gyro-sight1942
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Notch-sight of a gun, a sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
1995 Re: would these products work? in rec.guns (Usenet newsgroup) 20 July Now bolt one end where the snubby's rear notch sight is, and attach a small notch sight to the free end.
notch stick n. a tally stick.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > equipment for lowering or raising miners or material > for raising material > tally-stick for number of tubs
notch stick1853
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 61 In the fingers of his right [hand] was a crooked whittle, with which..as the basketfuls arrived, he would nick the score upon notch-sticks.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Notch Sticks, short pieces of stick notched or nicked, used by miners as records of the number of tubs of coal, &c., they send out of the pit during the day.
1948 D. Harkey Mean as Hell xvii. 175 I have lost my notch stick on Mexicans that I killed out on the border.
notch-tough adj. Materials Science that is resistant to fracture at a notch.
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1965 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 285 7 Thicker [steel] plate is generally less notch-tough than thin plate—presumably because thick notch-tough plate is difficult to produce economically.
1991 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 334 384 This failure mode is prevented by the incorporation of notch tough steels in the hull girder.
notch toughness n. Materials Science resistance to fracture at a notch; spec. the result (in units of energy) of a notched-bar test on a specimen.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > specific susceptibility to fracture > result of notched-bar test
notch toughness1926
1926 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 113 624 This method of testing enables it to be judged whether a material has been brought to its best condition in regard to notch-toughness.
1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 299 10 A special grade of steel..that had a notch toughness capable of reducing to a low level the risk of brittle fracture in the more highly stressed regions of the hull.
notchweed n. Obsolete the plant stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria (cf. sense 4a).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > salt bush or orach
milesOE
orachea1300
golden herb1562
notchweed1659
sea pot-herb1706
lamb's quarter1773
butter leaves1789
fat-hen1795
mountain spinach1822
sea-orach1845
salt bush1863
1659Notchweed [see sense 4a].
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Notch weed, Atriplex olida.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 793/2 Notchweed, Chenopodium Vulvaria.
notch-wheel n. Obsolete the count-wheel in a clock.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rouë de compte, a Notch-wheele in a Clocke.
notch-wing n. Obsolete any of various moths distinguished by notches in the wings.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth)
farfalla1606
taper-fly?1614
candle-fly1626
moth1646
phalaena1658
pilser1736
redneck1773
bustard1803
soul1815
notch-wing1819
satellite1832
bobowler1852
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 435 The shallow Notchwing... The common Notchwing.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 180 The Chequered Notch-Wing.
C3. Chiefly Economics. In general attributive use in sense 6, as notch problem, etc.
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1967 C. Green Negative Taxes & Poverty Probl. v. 66 The difficulty with this..is that it produces what tax experts call a ‘notch’ problem. That is, it is possible for some families..to have a higher after-allowance income than that of previously better-off families.
1973 Jrnl. Human Resources 8 431 In the last few years..this notch effect has grown absolutely worse.
1992 A. B. Krueger & J.-S. Pischke in Jrnl. Labor Econ. 10 412 (title) The effect of social security on labor supply: a cohort analysis of the notch generation.
2001 Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 May 9 b Olson is closely following Congressional efforts to compensate notch year veterans for lost benefits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

notchv.

Brit. /nɒtʃ/, U.S. /nɑtʃ/
Forms: 1500s–1700s noch, 1500s– notch, 1700s– knotch.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: notch n.
Etymology: Probably < notch n. Compare earlier oche v., and compare also earlier unnotched adj. 1 and discussion at that entry.
1.
a. transitive. To record or tally by means of notches. Frequently with up; also occasionally with down, off. Now chiefly figurative.
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society > communication > record > pictorial, etc., records > [verb (transitive)]
nick?1523
notch1573
score1590
tallya1640
the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > record > by notches
scorec1386
tallyc1440
nick?1523
notch1573
strike1626
1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes sig. iv Here in your score are notched vp two seuerall vntruths.
a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women v. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 67 I'll notch your faults up.
1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iii. ix. 149 He had no leisure to eat, for notching up the men he met.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxxxiv, in Poems (1878) IV. 172 Let Harrie's Fate (Notch'd sure with Time) Spin to a Softer Bed.
1796 R. Cumberland Days of Yore i. 4 Eight days are gone by; I notch'd them on my staff.
1825 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 346 I notch them off as a prisoner does the days of his captivity.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 126 We notched the votes down on three sticks.
1879 Princeton Rev. May 478 The cataract itself has notched the records of the ages of its retrocession upon the rocks by its side.
1991 P. McGilligan George Cukor iii. 72 Swaggering,..manly men who notched their leading ladies on their belt.
1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 26 Who wants to lie there feeling all ungenerous and greedy while some Yuppie with a Porsche shows off his Tantric Clouds..mentally notching off how many times you come?
b. transitive. Cricket. To keep score for (a cricket match). Also intransitive with object implied. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > umpiring and scoring > umpire and score [verb (transitive)]
notch1712
1712 Devil & Peers (single sheet) in W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket (1934) 170 The two nobles..promis'd..Twelvepence to a third Boy to knotch the Game down exact.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 67 They notch in here—it's the best place in the whole field.
c. transitive. Originally in Sport: to achieve (a score, victory, etc.). Now: gen. to achieve, produce, or register (an amount, total, etc.). Now chiefly with up.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > score
get1634
make1680
score1742
notch1836
steal1836
to put up1860
rattle1860
to put on1865
tally1875
net1907
to rack up1921
slam1959
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 69 All-Muggleton had notched some fifty-four.
1862 Temple Bar 6 286 in W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket (1934) 170 The Eleven notched 305.
1895 Daily News 18 Dec. 9/4 The nearest they could get to scoring was a corner, whilst their opponents notched two goals.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 702/1 A speed of one hundred miles an hour has been notched on more than one occasion.
1963 Sunday Express 6 Jan. 23/5 Her earnings now are well above the £10,000 she was notching up a few years ago.
1989 U.S. Air Sept. 106/2 There is little wonder why Cleveland notched a ninth place on..recent ranking of cities for their cultural facilities.
2002 Times 21 Feb. ii. 17/2 The film awards have notched up a lucrative three-year television deal with the BBC.
2.
a. transitive. To cut or make a notch in; to cut or mark with a notch. Also figurative and in extended use.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > notch
nick?1440
jag1568
natch1570
notch1581
notch1834
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades vi. 102 Hard vnto the braine the scull with brande he brake, And in the forehead notchte him deepe.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Filicare, to notch about the edges as ferne is, or indenter wise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 192 He scotcht him, and notcht him like a Carbinado. View more context for this quotation
1672 W. Talbot tr. J. Lederer Discov. 25 You must not forget to notch the trees as you go along with your small Hatchet.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 84 From him whose quills stand quiver'd at his ear, To him who notches Sticks at Westminster.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Madder They are seven inches broad, notched half the thickness of the stocks of the beetles.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xv. 280 Her eyes could only wander to..the table cut and knotched by her brothers. View more context for this quotation
1862 M. T. Morrall Hist. Needle-making 2 You may see men grinding long steel bars to the necessary fineness,..then notching them at the required lengths.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 274 The eastern end is notched by the estuary of the Thames.
1906 J. London White Fang iii. i. 118 He knotched the stick at each end and in the notches fastened strings of raw-hide.
1956 G. Huntington Madame Solario x. 111 A white scar notched his cheek just under the cheekbone.
1988 Architects' Jrnl. 20 Jan. 59/1 Under no circumstances should proprietary trussed rafters be notched or drilled.
b. transitive. To convert into by making notches. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > notch > convert into by notching
notcha1774
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1837) II. iii. xix. 319 Persons..might notch a stick into something that could be fancied a human face.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley ii. 28 Another would notch it into a saw.
1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 136 Notching it into..fantastically-shaped eminences.
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 876/1 The top of the gable wall was notched into corbel steps.
c. intransitive. To make notches. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > recede or form recess [verb (intransitive)] > make notches
notch1846
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) i. 1 Remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, notching as they go.
3. transitive. To cut (hair) unevenly; to crop. Obsolete.Cf. Percivall Spanish Dict. (1591) ‘Trasquilones, notches in the hair’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > cut > unevenly
notchc1590
c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) 87 Yf losse of hayre Cannot mad a man—what Can?..Moore had bin better a Scowrd More ditch, than a notcht mee thus.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bertauder,..to notch, or cut the haire vneuenly.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Uu3/3 To notch Hair, couper les Cheveux d'une maniere ridicule.
1747 P. Francis tr. Horace Epist. i. i. 136 If some unlucky Barber notch my Hair.
4. transitive. Archery. To fit (an arrow) to a bowstring; = nock v. 2a.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot (arrow) [verb (transitive)] > fit (arrow) to string
nocka1522
notch1635
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. vii. 30 His Bow is bent, and he has notch'd his dart.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V clxxix, in Poems (1878) IV. 145 Other well-notch their Arrowes; trye their Stringes And draw their Bowes.
1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 131 I..had chose an Arrow..Had notch't it, and without all dread Had drawn it almost to the head.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 289 Their Arrows being soon notch'd upon their Bows.
1767 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 230 I bent my bow,..and strait Notch'd on the nerve the messenger of fate.
1848 H. W. Herbert Tale Mexican Marches ix. 46 They urged their horses to yet fiercer speed,..notching their arrows to the string, as they rode at full gallop.
1884 T. Woolner Silenus ii. iv. 125 The bowmen notched the arrows on the strings.
1951 A. Bester Demolished Man (1978) xii. 164 He turned with a strangulated cry and ran from the fire as Reich notched another arrow.
1986 N. Barley Plague of Caterpillars x. 116 We were greeted by seven very irritated men, arrows notched to slay anything that moved.
5. transitive. To stop or jam (a wheel). Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a wheeled vehicle > apply brake to wheel
trig1591
notch1674
skid1674
roughlock1828
drag1829
spoke1854
brake1868
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 130 They can't strike sail, or notch the wheels,..in a trice.
6. intransitive. To become notched. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > become indented at edge [verb (intransitive)]
notch1693
gap1847
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. x. 15 Their matter must be of good temper'd Steel, so that the edge may neither turn, or notch easily.
7.
a. transitive. To fix, secure, attach, or insert by means of notches. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > make fast [verb (transitive)] > fasten or fix > in something > by means of notches
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1768 C. Beatty Jrnl. Two Months' Tour 72 Logs of wood laid upon one another, notched at the corners into each other.
1782 B. Dearborn Descr. Fire-Engine in Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Mem. (1785) 1 xxvii. 523 A standard to support the arms; another answering to it on the opposite side, both being notched into the edges of the planks.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. i. 13 The houses were notched as it were into the side of the steep bank.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 2/2 Longitudinal sleepers of timber..on which are notched down transverse bearers.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 17 One directly above another, and notched together at the ends.
1875 Carpentry & Joinery 62 You can notch in the corners, like E, as it cannot get out of place when the top is nailed on.
1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness 285 Another log leaves the ground, teeters on the skid poles, then rolls slowly up and is notched down into place.
1990 Pract. Householder Apr. 13/2 Where your partition includes a doorway, notch a noggin between the studs at each side of the opening as a lintel.
b. transitive. To chop off. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off
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notch1820
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iii. 60 Have they hands, and fight not for the land which bore them? They should be notched off at the elbow.
c. transitive. To cut out.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > notch
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1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 150 The ends notched out so as to halve into each other.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 192 Rhombic in shape with a corner notched out.
1969 Jane's 100 Significant Aircraft 38/2 Floors notched out for two-thirds of depth to fit over solid keelson.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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