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cutten - p.p. of cut  "He's cutten some off." swatch - to cut off; to clip slîpe - to slice away; to stroke off whîte - to whittle; cut wood away in chips with a knife gully - to whittle sharp - to sharpen (sharpt - sharpened) hag - to chop; hack haggle - to cut with a ragged edge saa - to cut with a saw (saat - sawed) rîve - to split; to tear  (rîve, ræav, rovven) spalsh - to split off from the side of a board or plank splitten - p.p. of split

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