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well(-)cut, ppl. a.
1635–56Cowley Davideis iv. 288 His Ephod, Mitre, well-cut Diadem on. a1691Sir G. Mackenzie in Watson's Collect. Sc. Poems ii. (1709) 79 A well cut Cristal, in a richer Case, Covers and Shews at once that Virgin's Face. 1721in New Collect. Poems by Prior etc. (1725) 18 Close, Carver! by some well-cut Books, Let a thin Busto tell; In spight of plump and pamper'd Looks, How scantly Sense can dwell! 1841Emerson Conservative Wks. (Bohn) II. 274 Your roads are well cut and well paved. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xi, A well-cut, well-made gown. 1896H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance x, A well-cut holiday suit. |