Abscission: alternatives and connections

The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.

The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by…

A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), ap…

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching…

The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.

The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.

The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.

The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.

A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a han…

A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to b…

The cutting iron of a plane.

That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.