Cutter
['kʌtə] or ['kʌtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a cutting implement; a tool for cutting.
(noun.) a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop.
(noun.) someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments).
(noun.) someone who carves the meat.
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Definition
(n.) One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A fore tooth; an incisor.
(n.) A boat used by ships of war.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.
(n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh.
(n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
(n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
(n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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Examples
- A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Looking upwards, a furze-cutter would have been inclined to continue work; looking down, he would have decided to finish his faggot and go home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His walk is exactly as my husband's used to be, she said; and then the thought burst upon her that the furze-cutter was her son. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- What do you think of me as a furze-cutter's wife? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The cutter was driven by a pitman from a crank shaft operated through gear wheels from the main drive wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It embodied a reciprocating saw tooth cutter _f_ sliding within double guard fingers _e_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Tis in the heath, but no furze, said the turf-cutter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But on Sunday after luncheon he borrowed a cutter, and drove over to Skuytercliff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If the fodder is to be put through the feed-cutter the cutter should be placed so that the carrier will deposit it in either of the two pits as required. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I heard a noise of blows, and thought it was a wood-cutter cutting down a tree. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As it was pushed forward, the stalks next the heads came between these sharp teeth and were cut or stripped off into a box attached to and behind the cutter bar and carried by two wheels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But it is so dreadful--a furze-cutter! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This related to the cutter bar, the divider, and reel post. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I can mind it, said the furze-cutter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Most cutters remove as little of the rough stone as possible in cutting so as to retain weight (they sell by weight). Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From this beginning cutters gradually added additional facets to increase the brilliancy until there were thirty-four in all. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- McCormick’s machine had two cutters or knives, reciprocated by cranks in opposite directions to each other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Look at this beautiful trunk of a tree, which the wood-cutters have left just in the right place for the light. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Then, in 1807, Salonen introduced vibrating knifes over stationary blades, fingers to gather grain to the cutters, and a rake to carry the grain off to one side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A board was by these means perfectly trimmed and smoothed from end to end, as it was carried against the cutters by suitable moving means. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It consisted of a combination of rollers armed with cutters, attached to a horizontal shaft revolving at a great speed, and of means for feeding the boards to the cutters. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It had a reel with twelve vanes to press the grain toward the cutters, and cause it to fall upon a travelling apron which carried away cut grain and deposited it at the side of the machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Small cutters are a nuisance; hand-power cutters are out of the question. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Diamonds were known and worn as jewels (in the rough) in India 5,000 years ago and used as cutters and gravers 3,000 years ago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cutter-bar had fixed triangular cutters between each of which was a movable vibrating cutter, which made a shear cut against the edge of the stationary cutter, on each side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An evidence of the activity in this direction is furnished by the fact that six revenue cutters were launched at this port in these brisk days of its prime. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the cutters are straight and arranged horizontally, it is a simple _planer_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nearly all of these early reapers relied upon scythes or cutters with a rotary motion or vibrating shears. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The end to be pointed passes over a series of coarse, medium and fine revolving files or cutters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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