kerf
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The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
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The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
1991, Mechanics|Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro
- Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
{{quote-book|en|year=1941|author=Vladimir Nabokov|title=The Real Life of Sebastian Knight|edition=Penguin 1971|page=115
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
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