a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
a machine, tool, or other device for cutting.
Nautical.
a single-masted sailing vessel, very similar to a sloop but having its mast set somewhat farther astern, about two-fifths of the way aft measured on the water line.
a ship's boat having double-banked oars and one or two lugsails.
Also called revenue cutter. a lightly armed government vessel used to prevent smuggling and enforce the customs regulations.
a person who repeatedly inflicts self-injury by cutting the skin, as to cope with negative emotions.
a person employed as a film editor.
a small, light sleigh, usually single-seated and pulled by one horse.
Also called rubber. a brick suitable for cutting and rubbing.
(in U.S. government grading of beef)
a low-quality grade of beef between utility and canner.
beef of this grade, mostly used in processed beef products, as sausage.
late 12c., "one who cuts" in any sense, agent noun from cut (v.). As a type of small, single-masted vessel, from 1762, earlier "boat belonging to a ship of war" (1745), perhaps so called from the notion of "cutting" through the water.
