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1635–56. Cowley, Davideis, IV. 288. His Ephod, Mitre, well-cut Diadem on.
a. 1691. Sir G. Mackenzie, in Watson’s Collect. Sc. Poems, II. (1709), 79. A well cut Cristal, in a richer Case, Covers and Shews at once that Virgin’s Face.
1721. in New Collect. Poems by Prior, etc. (1725), 18. Close, Carver! by some well-cut Books, Let a thin Busto tell; In spight of plump and pamper’d Looks, How scantly Sense can dwell!
1841. Emerson, Conservative, Wks. (Bohn), II. 274. Your roads are well cut and well paved.
1849. C. Brontë, Shirley, xi. A well-cut, well-made gown.
1896. H. G. Wells, Wheels of Chance, x. 75. The return of Mr. Hoopdriver to his native village, for instance, in a well-cut holiday suit and natty gloves.
