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adjective

Uncut adj.

Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.

Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an uncut diamond.

Not shortened; not condensed; unabridged; said of books, plays, and movies; as, an uncut edition of the film.

Not diluted; said especially of illegal narcotic drugs; as, uncut heroin. Such illegal drugs are often diluted by admixture with harmless foodstuffs such as sugars.

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Etymology of 'Uncut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uncut" Quotes from Famous Books

... rather interesting features. It will be seen that the uncut strip is at the top, but it will be found that if the bottom row of figures be placed at the top the numbers will still form a magic square, and that every successive removal from the bottom to the top (carrying the ...

— Amusements in Mathematics • Henry Ernest Dudeney

... left to get out of its way; but one of them, Michael Wishart, a mason, stumbled over an uncut trenail and rolled on his back, and the ponderous crane fell upon him. Fortunately it fell so that his body lay between the great shaft and the movable beam, and thus he escaped with his life, but his feet were entangled with the wheel-work, and ...

— The Lighthouse • Robert Ballantyne

... miles beyond Gorze the French frontier was passed, and from this point on the countryside, with its deserted farms, rotting shocks of wheat, and uncut fields of grain, trampled down by infantry and scarred with trenches, excavations for batteries, and pits caused by exploding shells, ...

— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 • Various

... he besought Ladcock to post men on the Mazeno Pass if the time was given him. Then he sent a like message to Yasin, though on the high passes and the unsettled country there was small chance of the wires remaining uncut. A force in Yasin might take on the flank any invasion from Afghanistan and in any case command the Chitral district. Then came a series of frantic wires at random—to Rawal Pindi, to the Punjabi centres, to ...

— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan

... holstered his own smoking .45 and bent over and picked up Goliday's ivory-handled weapon. He smiled grimly as he peered into the muzzle. A very peculiar gun! There were five grooves and five lands, which are the spaces between the grooves, the uncut metal. ...

— Kid Wolf of Texas - A Western Story • Ward M. Stevens

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