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Cutting off one's hair is often associated with religious faith: Catholic nuns often cut their hair very short, and men who joined Catholic monastic orders in the eighth century adopted what was known as the tonsure, which involved shaving the tops of their heads and leaving a ring of hair around the bald crown.
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Cutting short a holiday at Hong Kong, the aircraft carriers Lexington and Bennington steamed off into the South China Sea, accompanied by a swarm of destroyers, plus troopships loaded with marines.
Cutting hair tends to take off more hair than trimming hair does.
Cutting off vines is not sufficient for an immediate kill.
: Cutting his hands off, down in Hell.
" Cutting off the nose to spite the face " is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: " Don't cut off your nose to spite your face " is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
During his time off, he starred in his own talk show segment on Raw entitled The Cutting Edge, dubbing himself the " Rated-R Superstar ".
Cutting off the end of the barrel removes the choke, which generally only extends about two inches ( about 5 cm ) inward from the muzzle.
* Cutting off of larger pieces of tissue with a snare device ( e. g. polyps, endoscopic mucosal resection )
Cutting off Brahma's fifth head made him guilty of the crime of killing a Brahmin, and as a result, he was forced to carry around the head for years and roam as Bhikshatana, a mendicant, until he had been absolved of the sin.
* Cutting others off in a lane, or deliberately preventing someone from merging.
Cutting down his pace and the length of his run up, Lillee now concentrated on moving the ball off the seam with an occasional faster or slower ball for variation.
* Cutting small pieces off something
Cutting himself off from Charles, he flees to Cyprus where he awaits a ship that will take him to Lebanon.
Cutting off subventions would make it even harder for ESF to maintain its status as a good quality international school foundation.
Cutting this off at a late stage of development (" purple eye stage ") and discarding it reduces the mite load on the colony.
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Cutting the hair also may be a sign of mourning.
Cutting the hair is also restricted during the 30-day mourning period after the death of a close relative, known in Hebrew as the Shloshim ( thirty ).
# Cutting hair: Cutting hair is strictly forbidden in Sikhism.
Cutting his hair for the first time caused him to lose his divine power.
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Cutting plotter knives cut into a piece of material ( paper, mylar or vinyl ) that is lying on the flat surface area of the plotter.
Cutting cards is usually a prelude to a game, but it can be a game unto itself.
Cutting tax rates can increase revenue if the tax rate is beyond the revenue-maximizing tax rate ( if the tax rate is to the right of the peak ), and decrease revenue if the tax rate is to the left of the peak.
Cutting the wedding cake is often turned into a ritual, complete with sharing a symbolic bite of the cake in a rite that harks back to the pagan confarreatio weddings in ancient Rome.
Cutting a Möbius strip along the center line with a pair of scissors yields one long strip with two full twists in it, rather than two separate strips ; the result is not a Möbius strip.
" However, the phrase is on the cover of the 1967 self-published edition, after the title, in " Presentation of ... SCUM ( Society for Cutting Up Men ) ....", where it is not an expansion of a title word.
Cutting green trees for fuelwood has contributed to the decline of this species, and illegal harvesting of green trees from public lands is a continuing problem.
**: Argument: Cutting people is a crime.
**: Problem: Cutting people is not a crime in certain situations.
Cutting trees with the highest value and leaving those with lower value, often diseased or malformed trees, is referred to as high grading.
* Cutting is by teeth on the edge of a thin blade
Phipps Cutting Picnic Area on the Bylong Valley Way is an entry point for hiking
New York State Route 426 is a major north-south route through the town and intersects New York State Route 474, an east-west highway at Cutting.
Weatherford is known as the Cutting Horse Capital of the World.
This is followed by a Cutting Halo that divides in two to cut the suspended object into thirds.
Cutting of the skin for cosmetic purposes is not to be confused with self-harm, which is also referred to by the euphemism " cutting.
; Skin removal / skinning: Cutting in single lines produces relatively thin scars, and skin removal is a way to get a larger area of scar tissue.
He also co-presented the highly successful Radio 1 comedy talk show Loose Talk with Kevin Day, and is also a founder member of the London Comedy Store's hard hitting Cutting Edge show.
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Cutting plotters are often relied upon for precision cutting of graphics produced by wide-format inkjet printers, however-for example to produce window or car graphics, or shaped stickers.
Cutting was often used in traditional Japanese origami, but modern innovations in technique have made the use of cuts unnecessary.
Cutting fluid is often pumped to the cutting site to cool and lubricate the cut and to wash away the resulting swarf.
# Cutting circular holes, often in fan-like designs
* Cutting open the bitten area, an action often taken prior to suction, is not recommended since it causes further damage and increases the risk of infection.
Cutting, mowing, digging and some herbicide treatments, especially in early to mid growing season, fail to curb knotweed growth and in fact often stimulate the production of shoots from latent buds dispersed on the root crown or rhizomes.
Cutting out a slot, often with the use of a router, and situating the box into it with an epoxy or resin at the end of the shaping process.
* Cutting agents, often used to adulterate ( or " cut ") illicit drugs-for example, shoe polish in hashish or amphetamines in ecstasy
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