single cut

¹

noun

, Jewelry.

1. a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.

single-cut

²

[ sing-guhl-kuht ]

adjective

1. noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single cut¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

A file whose teeth are in parallel ridges only is called single-cut or float-cut.

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He dismounted, and with a single cut beneath the under jaw showed me how to take out the tongue properly.

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The smoothing is done with a very fine single-cut file, or if very particular, a float file is used.

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A single cut of my keen blade severed the thong; and I was detached on the instant.

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He flung himself from his horse, and drawing his knife, with a single cut severed the thong that bound him.

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