incisure
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of incisure
From the Latin word incīsūra, dating back to 1590–1600. See incise, -ure
Example Sentences
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The decree of the imperial diet can scarcely be regarded as the ignominious close of a good old time, but rather as a violent but beneficial incisure in an old and rankling sore.
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Mrs. George Horrocks
Notch, noch, n. a nick cut in anything: an indentation, incision, incisure: a narrow pass in a rock, or between two mountains.—v.t. to cut a hollow into.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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