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punchcutting

noun

Etymology

From punch + cutting.

  1. derived from *kwetwą✻ — “meat, flesh”
  2. derived from *kutjaną✻
  3. derived from *kytja✻
  4. inherited from cutten
  5. suffixed as cutting — “cut + ing”
  6. compounded as punchcutting — “punch + cutting”

Definitions

  1. The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for…

    The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for type founding in the letterpress era.

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