kerf
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Noun — The action of cutting or carving; a cut or slice.
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Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf ("an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument"), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz ("a cut; notch; clipping"), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ("to scratch"). It is cognate with Saterland Frisia...
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