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kerf
[ kurf ]
noun
- a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
- Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
- the act of cutting or carving.
verb (used with object)
- to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).
kerf
/ °ìÉœË´Ú /
noun
- the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kerf1
Old English cyrf a cutting; related to Old English ceorfan to carve
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Don’t forget the all-important drip kerf under the crown overhang!
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We learn the word for the space that the saw eats up in the wood — kerf — and how to operate circular saws, routers, drills and drivers.
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Crowns are supposed to overhang the chimney and have a drip kerf on the underside of the overhang.
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In the field the dead sedge was drifted nearly out of sight and the snow stood in razor kerfs atop the fencewires and the silence was breathless.
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I see new words that sound cool like dado and kerf and tenon and mortise.
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