CUTTER

cutter, cutlery, cutting tool

(noun) a cutting implement; a tool for cutting

cutter

(noun) a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter

(noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore

cutter

(noun) someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

cutter, carver

(noun) someone who carves the meat

stonecutter, cutter

(noun) someone who cuts or carves stone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cutter (plural cutters)

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

(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.

A foretooth; an incisor.

A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.

(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.

(cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.

(baseball) A cut fastball.

(slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.

(slang) A person who practices self-injury.

(medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or pejorative) A surgeon.

Synonym: slasher

An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.

Coordinate terms: canner, darkcutter

(obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

(obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

(obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.

A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

Proper noun

Cutter (plural Cutters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cutter is the 7311^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4563 individuals. Cutter is most common among White (86.46%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cut"ter (kt"tr), 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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