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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k?t"t?r), n.
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.
4. (Naut.)
a A boat used by ships of war.
b A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most
essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end
deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
with lead.
c A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue
cutter}.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cutter
n 1: someone who cuts or carves stone [syn: {stone cutter}]
2: someone who carves the meat [syn: {carver}]
3: someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for
garments)
4: a single-masted sailing vessel
5: a tool for cutting [syn: {cutlery}, {cutting tool}]
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