incise
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incise/ɪnˈsʌɪz/
▶verb make a cut or cuts in (a surface).
■ cut (a mark or decoration) into a surface.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as incision): from Fr. inciser, from L. incis-, incidere ‘cut into’.
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