Cut"ting (kŭt"tĭng),
n. 1. The act or process
of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping,
etc.
2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as
a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting
or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a
newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make
a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
Cut"ting, a. 1.
Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a
cutting wind.
3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a
cutting reply.