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2 definitions found 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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