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incised

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in·cised  (n-szd)
adj.
1. Cut into a surface; engraved.
2. Made with or as if with a sharp instrument.
3. Deeply and sharply cut: the incised margin of a leaf.

incised [ɪnˈsaɪzd]
adj
1. cut into or engraved an incised surface
2. made by cutting or engraving an incised design
3. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a wound) cleanly cut, as with a surgical knife
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) having margins that are sharply and deeply indented an incised leaf
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incised - sharply and deeply indented
compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
2.incised - cut into with a sharp instrument
cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
3.incised - cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"
carved, carven - made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"


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"Is in not possible," I suggested, "that the incised would upon Straker may have been caused by his own knife in the convulsive struggles which follow any brain injury?
 
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