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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

Maton’s homer and Zach McKinstry’s RBI single cut the deficit to 6-3 in the sixth.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

Tommy Edman boosted the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single in the fifth, but Austin Nola’s run-scoring single cut the gap in the sixth.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022

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

From Fox News ● Aug. 25, 2021

On Terra or Baldur or Freya or Ishtar, a single cut of polished sunstone was worth a small fortune.

From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam

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

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 Rose, Joshua

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 Rose, Joshua

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 Rose, Joshua

The float file is like the flat, but single-cut.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various