single-cut

[sing-guh l-kuht]

adjective

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

Compare double-cut.

single cut

noun Jewelry.

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.

Origin of single cut

First recorded in 1825–35

Also called eight cut, Old English cut.

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The teeth of some single-cut files are much less inclined than 58°; those of floats are in general square across the instrument.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose