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English Dictionary: cutter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutter
n
  1. someone who cuts or carves stone [syn: stonecutter, cutter]
  2. someone who carves the meat
    Synonym(s): cutter, carver
  3. someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
  4. a boat for communication between ship and shore
    Synonym(s): tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
  5. a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
  6. a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
    Synonym(s): cutter, cutlery, cutting tool
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.
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