cutt

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 ]

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

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

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

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 ]

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 ]