undercuttingn.
The action of the verb in various senses; the result of cutting away below.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > making hollow > underneath
underholing1398
undercuttinga1652
society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > digging under
underminingc1380
underdelvingc1440
suffossion1623
undercutting1877
a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 35 H sheaueth the vndercutting of the Corona to bee simpel.
a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 35 Many times the ansientes carued the vndercuting of the corrona with leaues.
1836 F. Palgrave Cal. & Inv. Exchequer I. p. xxi The ground [of the seal] is grained, and the under~cutting and fillagree are so deep [etc.].
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 89 Elaborate backgrounds,..together with useless undercutting, and over-finish in subordinate parts.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 37 This will allow an undercutting of the old works from 800 to 1,000 feet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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