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Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k[u^]t"t[~e]r), n.
1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
who cuts out garments.
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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.
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3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
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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}.
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5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
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6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the
tallies the sums paid.
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7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
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8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so
called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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{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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