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p. Notched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Notching.] 1. To cut or make notches in ;
to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a
stick.

2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the
string.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show

No arrow notched, only a stringless bow.

Herrick.

Notch"board` (?), n. (Carp.)
The board which receives the ends of the steps in a
staircase.

Notch"ing, n. 1.
The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small
hollows.

2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch
or notches.

3. (Carp.) A method of joining
timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and
overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

4. (Engin.) A method of excavating, as
in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also
Gulleting.

Notch"weed` (?), n.

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