Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CUT'TING
CUT'TING, ppr. [See Cut.]
- Dividing by an edged instrument; cleaving by the stroke or motion of an edged instrument, as by a knife, ax, or saw; hewing; carving; intersecting; piercing.
- adj. Piercing the heart; wounding the feelings; deeply affecting with shame or remorse; pungent; piquant; satirical: as, a cutting reflection.
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