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he family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently appl…

ed for making hoops. -- Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. -- Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat. -- Hoop snake (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster eryth…

Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty.

Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum.

Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. Arethuss arose . . . From rock and from jag. Shelley. Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.

Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. " Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench. -- Jag"ged*ly, adv. -- Jag"ged*ness, n.

Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth. Addison.

A notch or opening.

A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like. Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.…

A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.

A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.

parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella). -- Leaf notcher (Zoöl.), a pale bluish green beetle (Artipus Floridanus), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees. -- Leaf roller (Zoöl.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leave…

To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

A notch cut into something; as: