cutter
/ˈkʌtɚ/ noun B2- A person or device that cuts (in various senses). · a stone cutter; a die cutter· In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.
- A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose · a coastguard cutter.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- A cut fastball.
- A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
Plural cutters
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“You can see that it was a very short-bladed scissors, since the cutter had to take two snips over ‘keep away.’”
That may point to carelessness or it may point to agitation and hurry upon the part of the cutter.
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