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n. a type of rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) inhabiting southeastern U.S. swamps and lowlands; -- called also swamp rabbit.
Syn. -- swamp rabbit, swamp hare. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A man who digs chalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. easy to cut or chew.
Syn. -- chewable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fore tooth; an incisor. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 and deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. (c) In the United States, a sailing vessel with one mast and a bowsprit, setting one or two headsails. In Great Britain and Europe, a cutter sets two headsails, with or without a bowsprit. (d) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter. [ 1913 Webster +RH ]

5. A small, light one-horse sleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat competition. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply; a cutting remark. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cutting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass. ] A knife. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. kötel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwiþ womb, Goth. qiþus belly, womb. ] 1. (Zool.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A foul-mouthed fellow. “An you play the saucy cuttle with me.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Ir. & Gael. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. See Cut. ] Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scotch. ] 1. A short spoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short tobacco pipe. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light or unchaste woman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A low stool. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one who cuts or grinds designs on glass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. one who cuts flat glass to size.
Syn. -- glassworker, glazier, glazer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of various species of wild bees of the genus Megachile, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are Megachile brevis and Megachile centuncularis. Called also rose-cutting bee.
Syn. -- leaf-cutting bee, leaf-cutter bee. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Scuttle, v. i. ] To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [ Prov. Eng. ]

A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet. ] 1. A broad, shallow basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ For scuddle, fr. scud. ] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A quick pace; a short run. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escoutille, F. éscoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escotar to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse. ] 1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scuttle butt, or
Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scuttled p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling. ] 1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds. [ PJC ]

n. 1. See scuttle butt. [ PJC ]

2. A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station. [ PJC ]

3. The latest gossip; rumors. [ PJC ]

n. One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hewing or dressing stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument to cut straw for fodder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) A plow for turning up grass land. (b) A lawn mower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who cuts wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An engraver on wood. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]