cut nail

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cut nail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), a.
     1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
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     2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
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     3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
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     Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
  
     Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in
        facets or figures.
  
     Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of
        iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
  
     Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having
        been split from the quarry.
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