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kerf



Pronunciation: (kûrf), [key]
—n.
1. a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
2. Mining.a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
3. the act of cutting or carving.

—v.t.
to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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