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Cutter
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
(2):
(n.) 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):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A boat used by ships of war.
(5):
(n.) A fore tooth; an incisor.
(6):
(n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh.
(7):
(n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; - also called revenue cutter.
(8):
(n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
(9):
(n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
(10):
(n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; - so called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cutter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cutter.html. 1828.
