Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched (n[o^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Notching.]
1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by
notches; as, to notch a stick.
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2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
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God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
notched
adj 1: notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed]
2: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though
gnawed [syn: erose, jagged, jaggy, toothed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "notched":
alveolar, alveolate, battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated,
crenellated, crenulate, dentate, dentated, dented, dentiform,
depressed, dimpled, embrasured, engraved, erose, faveolate, gashed,
honeycombed, incised, indented, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated,
nicked, pitted, pocked, pockmarked, saw-toothed, sawlike,
scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serriform, serrulated,
toothed, zigzag
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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