branch cut
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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At top, a hammer formed of a section of a small tree with part of a branch cut to serve as a handle.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
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
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
Branch stumps.—A more complex example is furnished by a branch cut off short some distance—say a foot—from the base, where it springs from the trunk.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
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