branch cut
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Far below them, hidden by the trees, the east branch cut a threadlike gash through the center of a valley broad enough and round enough to have been a veritable amphitheater of the gods.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry
A branch cut off from the continuity of that which was next unto VIII.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
The Judas-seller had a long branch cut from a tree, with little twigs growing out of it.
From The Mexican Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch
The branch cut from the tree no longer feeds upon the sap of the parent stock, and disintegration is merely a matter of time.
From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal
The tube and the bowl of the pipe I carved out of the branch cut from the linden, and, that you might know what it is, I cut these letters in the wood.
From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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