single-cut [sing-guh l-kuht] EXAMPLES| adjective noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only. Liberaldictionary.com
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. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single-cut Historical Examples of single-cut
The teeth of some single-cut files are much less inclined than 58°; those of floats are in general square across the instrument.
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