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. | |
a. | 1. | Adapted to cut; |
2. | Chilling; penetrating; sharp; | |
3. | Severe; sarcastic; biting; |