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- English Word Cutpurse Definition One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket
- English Word Cutter Definition One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
- English Word Cutter Definition 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.
- English Word Cutter Definition A fore tooth; an incisor.
- English Word Cutter Definition A boat used by ships of war.
- English Word Cutter Definition 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.
- English Word Cutter Definition A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.
- English Word Cutter Definition A small, light one-horse sleigh.
- English Word Cutter Definition An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
- English Word Cutter Definition A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- English Word Cutter Definition A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.
- English Word Cutthroat Definition One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
- English Word Cutthroat Definition Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
- English Word Cutting Definition of Cut
- English Word Cutting Definition The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
- English Word Cutting Definition 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.
- English Word Cutting Definition Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
- English Word Cutting Definition Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
- English Word Cutting Definition Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
- English Word Cuttingly Definition In a cutting manner.