Part 2698

<blockquote>The man was <b>cut</b> to the heart. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To intersect; to cross; <as>as, one line <ex>cuts</ex> another at right angles</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To refuse to recognize; to ignorre; <as>as, to <ex>cut</ex> a person in the street; to <ex>cut</ex> one's acquaintance.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To absent one's self from; <as>as, to <ex>cut</ex> an appointment, a recitation</as>. etc.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>An English tradesman is always solicitous to <b>cut</b> the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. <i>Thomas Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To cut a caper</col>. <cd>See under <er>Caper</er>.</cd> -- <col>To cut the cards</col>, <cd>to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To cut a dash</col> &or; <col>a figure</col></mcol>, <cd>to make a display.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To cut down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . <i>cut down</i> in the mountains of Cilicia." <i>Knolles</i>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To put down; to abash; to humble, <mark></mark> "So great is his natural eloquence, that he <i>cuts doun</i> the finest orator." <i>Addison</i></cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, <i>to cut down</i> expenses.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To raze; as, <i>to cut down</i> a frigate into a sloop.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To cut the knot</col> &or; <col>the Gordian knot</col></mcol>, <cd>to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience.</cd> -- <col>To cut lots</col>, <cd>to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots.</cd> -- <col>To cut off</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To sever; to separate.</cd>

<blockquote>I would to God, . . . The king had <b>cut off</b> my brother's. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy.</cd> "Iren<?/us was likewise <i>cut off</i> by martyrdom." <i>Addison</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To interrupt; as, <i>to cut off</i> communication; <i>to cut off</i> (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To intercept; as,, <i>to cut off</i> an enemy's retreat.</cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To end; to finish; as, <i>to cut off</i> further debate.</cd> -- <col>To cut out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remove by cutting or carving; as, <i>to cut out</i> a piece from a board.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To shape or form by cutting; as, <i>to cut out</i> a garment.</cd> " A large forest <i>cut out</i> into walks." <i>Addison</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, <i>to cut out</i> work for another day.</cd> "Every man had <i>cut out</i> a place <i>for himself</i>." <i>Addison</i>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, <i>to cut out</i> a rival. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To debar. "I am <i>cut out</i> from anything but common acknowledgments." <i>Pope</i>.</cd> <sd>(f)</sd> <cd>To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy.</cd> -- <col>To cut to pieces</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cut into pieces; as, <i>to cut</i> cloth <i>to pieces</i>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To slaughter; as, <i>to cut</i> an army <i>to pieces</i>.</cd> -- <col>To cut a play</col> <fld>(Drama)</fld>, <cd>to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage.</cd> -- <col>To cut rates</col> <fld>(Railroads, etc.)</fld>, <cd>to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines.</cd> -- <col>To cut short</col>, <cd>to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination.</cd> "Achilles <i>cut</i> him <i>short</i>, and thus replied." <i>Dryden</i>. -- <col>To cut stick</col>, <cd>to make off clandestinely or precipitately.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>To cut teeth</col>, <cd>to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear.</cd> -- <col>To have cut one's eyeteeth</col>, <cd>to be sharp and knowing.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To cut one's wisdom teeth</col>, <cd>to come to years of discretion.</cd> -- <col>To cut under</col>, <cd>to undersell; <as>as, <ex>to cut under</ex> a competitor in trade</as>.</cd> -- <col>To cut up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cut to pieces; <as>as, <ex>to cut up</ex> an animal, or bushes</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; <as>as, <ex>to cut up</ex> a book or its author by severe criticism</as>.</cd> "This doctrine <ex>cuts up</ex> all government by the roots." <i>Locke</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; <as>as, the death of his friend <ex>cut</ex> him <ex>up</ex> terribly</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Thackeray</i>.</cs>

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<hw>Cut</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; <as>as, a knife <ex>cuts</ex> well</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.</def>

<blockquote>Panels of white wood that <b>cuts</b> like cheese. <i>Holmes.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.</def>

<blockquote>He saved the lives of thousands by manner of <b>cutting</b> for the stone. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make a stroke with a whip.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To interfere, as a horse.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To move or make off quickly.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to schange the order of the cards to be dealt.</def>

<cs><col>To cut across</col>, <cd>to pass over or through in the most direct way; <as>as, to <ex>cut across</ex> a field</as>.</cd> -- <col>To cut and run</col>, <cd>to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <mcol><col>To cut in</col> &or; <col>into</col></mcol>, <cd>to interrupt; to jont an anything suddenly.</cd> -- <col>To cut up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To play pranks. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc.</cd> <mark>[Slang.]</mark> "When I die, may I <i>cut up</i> as well as Morgan Pendennis."</cs> <i>Thackeray.</i>

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<hw>Cut</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; <as>as, a sword <ex>cut</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.</def>

<blockquote>Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind <b>cut</b> indeed. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; <as>as, a <ex>cut</ex> for a railroad</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This great <b>cut</b> or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The surface left by a cut; <as>as, a smooth or clear <ex>cut</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A portion severed or cut off; a division; <as>as, a <ex>cut</ex> of beef; a <ex>cut</ex> of timber.</as></def>