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remove surgically; of limbs

break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"

break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"

remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.

Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.