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Webster 1913 Edition

Cutter

Cut′ter

(kŭt′tẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who cuts;
as, a stone
cutter
; a die
cutter
; esp., one who cuts out garments
.
2.
That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.
3.
A fore tooth; an incisor.
Ray.
5.
A small, light one-horse sleigh.
6.
An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
7.
A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
[Obs.]
8.
A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; – so called from the facility with which it can be cut.
Cutter bar
.
(Mach.)
(a)
A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a boring machine.
(b)
The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester are attached.
–
Cutter head
(Mach.)
,
a rotating head, which itself forms a cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cutter

CUTTER

,
Noun.
1.
One who cuts or hews.
2.
An instrument that cuts; as a straw-cutter.
3.
A fore tooth, that cuts meat, as distinguished from a grinder.
4.
A small boat used by ships of war. Also, a vessel with one mast and a straight running bowsprit, which may be run in upon deck; rigged nearly like a sloop.
5.
An officer int he exchequer that provides wood for the tallies.
6.
A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

Definition 2024

cutter

cutter

English

A gaff cutter with a staysail and genoa jib set

Noun

cutter ‎(plural cutters)

  1. A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
    a stone cutter; a die cutter
    • 1988, Jorge Amado, Home is the Sailor (page 55)
      Chico Pacheco kept repeating the phrase between clenched teeth, lamenting the wasted days of his youth; he had been a notorious cutter of classes.
  2. (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
  3. A foretooth; an incisor.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ray to this entry?)
  4. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
    a coastguard cutter.
  5. (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
  6. (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
  7. (baseball) A cut fastball.
  8. (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
  9. (slang) A person who practices self-injury.
  10. (obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
  11. (obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
  12. (obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
  13. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
    • 2007, Carrie A. Meyer, Days on the Family Farm, U of Minnesota Press, page 55 :
      Throughout much of the winter, the sled or the cutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had a cutter, for traveling in style in snow.
cutter

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French

Noun

cutter m ‎(plural cutters)

  1. cutter, boxcutter, utility knife, Stanley knife
  2. (nautical) cutter (vessel)

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