scarification

noun scarification

• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• kerf — a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
• chop — If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
• rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.