incised

incised
    adj 1: sharply and deeply indented
    2: cut into with a sharp instrument
    3: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
       "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {graven},
       {incised}, {inscribed}]
    

Incise \In*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incised}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Incising}.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf.
   F. inciser. See {Incide}.]
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   1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to
      engrave.
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            I on thy grave this epitaph incise.   --T. Carew.
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   2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut
      off.
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Incised \In*cised"\, a.
   1. Cut in; carved; engraved.
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   2. (Bot.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a
      petal.
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "incised":
      battlemented, canaliculate, canaliculated, carved, chamfered,
      channeled, chopped, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated,
      costate, creased, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate,
      crimped, cut, dadoed, dentate, dentated, embrasured, enchased,
      engraved, erose, fluted, furrowed, gashed, glyphic, goffered,
      gouged, graved, graven, grooved, impressed, imprinted, indented,
      inscribed, insculptured, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, lined,
      marked, nicked, notched, pleated, printed, rabbeted, ribbed,
      rifled, rutted, rutty, saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored,
      scratched, sculptured, serrate, serrated, serrulated, slit,
      stamped, striated, sulcate, sulcated, tooled, toothed, troughed,
      wrinkled