inlay casting wax (medicine) and cut(3) (iou)

inlay casting wax (medicine)

inlay casting wax
<chemical> A mixture of several dental waxes, usually containing paraffin wax, ceresin, beeswax, resins, and Other natural and synthetic waxes. It is used for making patterns to determine the shape of the metallic framework and Other parts of removable partial dentures.

Chemical name: Inlay casting wax

cut(3) (iou)

cut noun2. LME.
[from the verb.]
I. A result of cutting.
A piece (esp. of meat or cloth) cut off; spec. each of the joints of meat into which a butcher divides a carcass; Scot. & north. a certain quantity of yarn; N. Amer. a quantity of timber etc. harvested; N. Amer. (a light snack of) a slice of meat (obsolete exc. in cold cuts: see COLD adjective). LME.
M. Edgeworth Mary spun nine cuts a day. E. David Recipes for the cheaper cuts of meat.
b. A part of a field cut or for cutting at one time. US. M18.
c. A number of sheep or cattle taken out of a flock or herd. US, Austral., & NZ. L19.
d. fig. A share of profits or takings; commission. slang. E20.
A long narrow opening in a surface, esp. the skin, made by something sharp; an incision; a gash. M16.
SPEEDY cut.
J. Steinbeck A long deep cut in his chin.., a deep bleeding slash. J. Hooker Stones with red marks like cuts of a rusty axe.
An incision made in the edge of a garment etc. for ornament. M16.
a. A passage cut or dug out; a new channel made for a river; a railway cutting. M16.
b. A natural narrow opening or passage by water; a channel, a strait; a creek, an inlet. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
A design engraved on a block of wood (formerly also copper or steel) for printing; an electrotype; an illustration made with such a block etc. M17.
WOODCUT.
A gramophone record or recording; a version of a Film after editing. M20.
lateral cut: see LATERAL adjective. rough cut: see ROUGH adjective.
II. An act of cutting.
An act or utterance that wounds the feelings; a blow, a shock. M16.
R. Bolton A most cruel cut to a troubled conscience.
A stroke or blow given with a sharp-edged instrument, as a knife, sword, etc.; Fencing a stroke given with the edge of the weapon as distinguished from the point; an act of cutting a person's hair, a haircut, (cf. sense 18 below). L16.
cut and thrust the use of both the edge and the point of one's sword while fighting; fig. lively interchange of argument etc. second cut: see SECOND adjective.
T. H. White Waving his blade and trying to get a cut at him.
b. A sharp stroke with a whip, cane, etc. See also upper-cut (a) s.v. UPPER adjective. E18.
the cuts Austral. & NZ slang the cane, as a child's punishment.
A. Brink He tried to protest against Jonathan's sentence of six cuts...By that time the flogging had..been administered.
The act of cutting a pack of cards; the card obtained by cutting. L16.
The excision or omission of part of a play, Film, book, etc. E17.
make the cut Golf equal or better a required score, thus avoiding elimination from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament.
A step in which a dancer cuts (CUT verb 29). L17.
A deliberate refusal to recognize or acknowledge another person. colloq. L18.
An act of absenting oneself from a class etc. Chiefly US. M19.
A stroke made by cutting in cricket, tennis, etc. M19.
late cut: see LATE adjective. square cut: see SQUARE adjective.
A reduction in price, rate of pay, service offered, etc. Also, a temporary cessation of the availability of electricity, gas, water, or telephone communication. L19.
power cut etc.
Cinematography. An immediate transition from one scene to another. M20.
III. A thing that cuts.
A passage, course, or way straight across, esp. as contrasted with a longer way round. Now chiefly US exc. in short cut below. L16.
near cut (now Scot.), short cut a shorter route to a place than the usual or expected (lit. & fig.).
A. Fonblanque The cut across the fields is shut up. E. Bowen Crossing..Oxford Street, they took a cut through Mayfair.
IV. A style of cutting.
The way something is cut; Fashion, style, (of clothes, hair, etc.); spec. (freq. with specifying word) a hairstyle created by cutting, a haircut. L16.
crew cut, urchin cut, etc. fig.: J. Carlyle These Londoners are all of the cut of this woman. a cut above noticeably superior to. the cut of a person's jib: see JIB noun1.
S. Bellow The German cut of his overcoat.
Comb.: cut-line (a) Rackets the line above which a served ball must strike the wall; (b) a caption to an illustration.

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