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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 7 Some repeat this [sc. the cutting], the second year, and..re-cut them at half a foot from the surface.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xx. 27 You must be Positive either in re-cutting the New one [sc. branch] very short,..or in cutting it quite off, which is yet better.

1852 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art & Sci. Apr. 529/1 There is a paperful of small turquoises, which are poured out... These are from Persia; and they have to be re-cut in England, the Persian tools being of the roughest.

1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 51 They cut and re-cut the skin from the root of the nose upwards to the hair.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xliv. 336 The meadow was being recut, the great red poppies were reopening in the garden.

1973 B. Rubens Go tell Lemming iv. 46 Angela had cut and recut the film a dozen times.

1992 Joiners' Q. No. 33. 24/1 If my floor joists gapped even enough to slide a paper in, then I had to re-cut the dovetails.