Meaning & use
Incising
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Cutting into a surface with a sharp instrument, especially to create a mark, design, or surgical opening.
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The surgeon began incising the skin along the marked line.
The artist spent hours incising intricate patterns into the wooden panel.
A note on using this word
Related to 'incision' and 'incisor', all sharing the Latin root 'incidere', to cut into.
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