offcutn.
/ˈɒfkʌt/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌkət/, /ˈɑfˌkət/ 1. A piece cut off, esp. in making or shaping something else.Offcut is used in various occupations and contexts to denote a cut-off or leftover piece, as e.g. one of the pieces cut off in shaping a block of stone, an odd or waste piece of timber left after sawing, a piece of paper cut off in reducing a sheet to the required size, a section edited from a film, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a piece cut off
cutting1382
culponc1400
clipping1461
chop?1463
shearing1536
sharing?1553
chopping1558
snip1558
share1590
snipping1611
offcut1663
snippet1664
kerf1678
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun] > cutting off > that which is cut off
shearing1536
offcut1663
society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > part cut off main sheet
offcut1866
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > sawn > waste piece(s) left after sawing
paling board?c1663
stump-shot1812
stub-shot1875
offcut1960
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > editing > [noun] > rejected part
trim1934
out-take1960
offcut1973
1663–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 337 C. Horton work abt the leads 16s. with 18lb. of old offcuts.
1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 708/1 Offcut,..that part of a printed sheet which cuts off, and which when folded is inserted in the middle of the other part.
1883 Stonemason Jan. 3 The off-cuts and rubble are closely packed in the disused workings.
1960 ‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 284 The offcuts were turned into pulpwood for newsprint.
1967 Times Rev. Industry July 44/2 On the building site..a litter of broken and unbroken bricks, torn cement bags,..and timber offcuts is commonplace.
1973 Listener 30 Aug. 291/1 There was another piece of filming about canals which looked like the off-cuts from some more ambitious documentary.
1993 Rev. Eng. Stud. Nov. 562 A miscellany of samples and off-cuts.
2001 Independent on Sunday 8 July (Review Suppl.) 45/1 A chef will look to ‘roll on’ salmon offcuts for fishcakes.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun] > cutting off
abscision?a1425
swappingc1540
abscission1604
resecation1607
resection1610
rescission1611
obtruncation1623
retrenchment1654
dock1667
offcut1674
docking1728
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 29 If my soul does not thus featly stick out of my body, then it withdrew at the off-cut.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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