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kerf definition

kerf (kʉrf)

noun

the cut or channel made by a saw

Etymology: ME < OE cyrf (akin to ON kurfr, a cutting, chip) < pp. base of ceorfan, to carve

transitive verb

to make a kerf or kerfs in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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