/kerrf/ , n.
1. a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
2. Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
3. the act of cutting or carving.
v.t.
4. to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).
[ bef. 1000; ME kerf, kirf, OE cyrf a cutting (c. OFris kerf ); akin to CARVE ]