Cut"ting , a.
1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
Cut"ting (kŭt"t&ibreve;ng), n.
1. The act
or process of making an
incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
2. Something cut, cut off,
or cut out,
as a twig or scion cut
off from a stock for the
purpose of grafting or of rooting as an
independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
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