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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notched} (n[o^]cht); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Notching}.]
     1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by
        notches; as, to notch a stick.
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     2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
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              God is all sufferance; here he doth show
              No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  notched
       adj 1: notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
               {serrate}, {serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {toothed}]
       2: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though
          gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {jaggy}, {toothed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "notched":
     alveolar, alveolate, battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated,
     crenellated, crenulate, dentate, dentated, dented, dentiform,
     depressed, dimpled, embrasured, engraved, erose, faveolate, gashed,
     honeycombed, incised, indented, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated,
     nicked, pitted, pocked, pockmarked, saw-toothed, sawlike,
     scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serriform, serrulated,
     toothed, zigzag
  
  

















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