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• single cut
  single cut

  noun

  a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.
• single-cut
  single-cut

  adjective

  noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

single cut

¹ American  

noun

Jewelry.

1. a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.

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single-cut ² American  

[sing-guhl-kuht] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈkʌt /

adjective

1. noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

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Etymology

Origin of single cut

First recorded in 1825–35

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Wobbly economic conditions could prompt Fed officials to lower rates more than the single cut they penciled in for 2026 back in December.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Mookie Betts had an RBI double in the eighth and Trea Turner’s two-run single cut it to 6-5.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

No surprise then, that her first single, cut in 1959, was a spry rockabilly called “Puppy Love.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022

Wong’s run-scoring single cut the deficit to 4-2.

From Fox News ● Aug. 25, 2021

Castings which are close to the finished size in the rough can often be finished to advantage by taking a single cut with a broad tool, provided the work is sufficiently rigid.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Franklin D. Jones

It is the single-cut style that once existed at Augusta National, making No. 2 both more inviting off the tee and more challenging, because crooked shots will bounce and run farther off line.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 7, 2010

So far as this one face is concerned, the file, if intended to be single-cut, would be then ready for hardening, and when greatly enlarged its section would be somewhat as in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

The "mill file," a very common form, is a flat, tapered, single-cut file.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

They are single-cut, and are usually either bastard or second-cut, although they are sometimes double-cut.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

The teeth of some single-cut files are much less inclined than 58°; those of floats are in general square across the instrument.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

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