Part 2701

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.</def>

<h1>Cutlet</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut"let</hw> <tt>(k?t"l?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>c<?/telette</ets>, prop., little rib, dim. of <ets>c<?/te</ets> rib, fr. L. <ets>costa</ets>. See <er>Coast</er>.]</ety> <def>A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.</def>

<h1>Cutling</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut"ling</hw> <tt>(k?t"l?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ety>[Cf. <er>Cuttle</er> a knife.]</ety> <def>The art of making edged tools or cutlery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Cut-off</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut"-off`</hw> <tt>(k?t"?f`; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See <cref>Expansion gear</cref>, under <er>Expansion</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.</def>

<h1>Cutose</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cu"tose</hw> <tt>(k?"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cutis</ets> skin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.</def>

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<h1>Cut-out</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"-out`</hw> <tt>(k?t"out`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Telegraphy)</fld> <def>A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A divice for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.</def>

<h1>Cutpurse</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"purse`</hw> <tt>(k?t"p?rs`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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</def>

<blockquote>To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a <b>cutpurse</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cutter</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"ter</hw> <tt>(k?t"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who cuts; <as>as, a stone <ex>cutter</ex>; a die <ex>cutter</ex>; esp., one who cuts out garments.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <i>cutter</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fore tooth; an incisor.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A boat used by ships of war.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called <altname>revenue cutter</altname>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A small, light one-horse sleigh.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.</def>

<cs><col>Cutter bar</col>.<fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a boring machine.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester are attached.</cd> -- <col>Cutter head</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a rotating head, which itself forms a cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine.</cd></cs>