Cutleria 
Ing plllrilocularspiiraii-ia Kai-h undid iiiiilln produces 
twit small n proillli li\r boilirs, ami < aril iirrllfu'"lliilllt 
one lurucr "in-; liolli escape ;LS <ooH|>orcs. hut tin- female 
cells s I cimic 1.. rest, ami i-.n-li assumes tin; turni of an 
fosphrre. r. ttinltiliil'i is a Kritish sp, ries. 
Cutleriaceae (kut.-le-ri-a'se-e), n. />i. [Nl/., < 
Ciitliriii + 'iii-i/i'.] A small family <>( olive-col 
ored algie forming tMitlot between I'lnro- 
xiHiri-ir and I'lirnrni: The genera are (Mliriii 
anil Xiiimriliiiiii. 
cutlery (knt'ler-i), . [< <-ntln- + -i/.] 1. Tho 
business of a cutler. 2. Kdgod or cutting in- 
struments collectively. 
AH all IM'I til makr laws tivill 1 -' tin- pi in- of IIHIIIry 148 til 
niaki- la s ti \in- tlir pi-ire of i-nll'-i </ or nf hroaih'lotli. 
Mti<-<nil<i<i, Mist. Kllg., xxl. 
cutlet (kut'let), . [Mod. K., modified in sim- 
ulation of cut (cf. c//o/il, . , iii a similar sense); 
= D. Dan. /,vi/(.'c/ = (i. mli-li-ttr = Sw. knlrlrtl, 
< F. nilfli'tli; Ol<\ roatellette = Pg. nisli-llr/n. a 
cutlet, lit. a little rib, dim. of <, OF. c<w<e, 
etc., < L. costo, a rib : see coasJ, wte.] A piece 
of meal, especially veal or mutton, cut horizon- 
tally from the upper part of the log, for broil- 
ing or frying. 
Mull Hi cull, In, prime of meat. Swift. 
cutlingt (kut'ling), M. [Verbal n. from 'culle, 
assumed from rullrr, appar. regarded IISCM//-CC. 
Cf . peilille from peildler. Cf. also cuttle*.] The 
art of cutlery. Milton. 
CUtllnS (kiit'liiix), 11. fil. [For 'riitliiii/x, < cut 
+ -liity 1 .] In Hiillini/, half-ground fragments 
of grain. 
Cut-lips (kut'lips), n. 1. A cyprinoid fish of 
the subfamily Exogloaxintf, Ejcogloxxum nui.ril- 
/iii</nti; astone-toter. 2. The hare-lipped suck- 
er. [Mississippi valley.] See sucker. 
cut-lugged (kut'lugd), . [Sc., < cut + lug, 
the ear, + -ed 2 .] Crop-eared. 
cut-mark (kut'mark), w. A mark put upon a 
set of warp-threads before they are placed on 
the warp-beam of a loom, to mark off a certain 
definite length. The mark shows in the woven 
fabric, and serves as a measure for cutting. 
cutni (kut'ui), . [Turk, (jutui (kutni), \ Ar. 
qutu, cotton: see cotton^.~\ A grade of silk and 
cotton made in the neighborhood of Brusa and 
elsewhere in Asiatic Turkey, and also in Egypt. 
cut-off (kut'of), . 1. That which cuts off or 
shortens, as a short path or cross-cut. Specifi- 
cally 2. In steam-engines, a contrivance for 
cutting off the passage of steam from the steam- 
chest to the cylinder, when the piston has made 
a part of its stroke, leaving the rest of the stroke 
to be accomplished by the expansive force of 
the steam already in the cylinder. It econo- 
mizes steam, and thus saves fuel. See governor. 
8. A new and shorter channel formed for a 
river by the waters cutting off or across an an- 
gle or bend in its course, rut-offs, sometimes of 
great extent, are continually forming in the Mississippi 
and other western rivers. [U. 8.) 
A second class [of lakes), large In numbers hut small in 
area, is the result of cut-offs and other changes of channel 
in the Mississippi. Kncyc. Brit., XV. 20. 
It ix-casiomUly happens that by this constant caving two 
bends approach each other, until the river cuts the nar- 
row neck of land between them and forms i\cnt-o/, which 
suddenly and materially reduces its length. 
GOP. Report on Muxissippi Kilter, 1801 (rep. 1878), p. 9C. 
4. A slide in a deli very -spout in grain-eleva- 
tors, etc., for shutting off the flow. 5. An arm 
ou a reaper designed to support the falling 
grain while the platform is being cleared. 
6. \i\j>liiuiliiiii/, a connecting pipe Adjustable 
CUt-Off, u cut-otf which can be adjusted t<> cut otf steam 
at different (Hisltions of the piston in the stroke. Auto- 
matic cut-off, n cut-oil usually connected with and cnn- 
trolled by the governor of a steam-engine, to cut off steam 
at any |mint which will supply the requirements of the 
engine with reference to its varying duty. Slider cut- 
off, a fnnn of cut-off for a steam valve, consisting of an 
Independent plate sliding upon a hark. 
CUtose (ku'tos), ii. [< I,, eittix, skin (see nitix), 
+ -OKI.] In hot., a name applied by Fr6myto 
the material composing the hyaline film or cu- 
ticle covering the aerial organs of plants. 
cut-out (kut'out), n. A kind of switch employed 
to connect the electric wires passing through a 
telegraph-instrument, an electric light, etc., 
and cut out the instrument or the light from 
the circuit. In the telegraph it is generally a lever 
pivoteil between the win's attached In tin- instrument, and 
ooonMttog the \\ircs when it is turned in the proper di- 
rection. 
cut-pile (kut'pil). ii. Having a pile or nap com- 
|iosed of libers or threads standing erect, pro- 
duced by shaving I lie surface so as to cut the 
loops of thread: Mid of a textile fabric. The 
heavier Indian and l,c\aiitiiir mus. Wilton ami .\\min- 
ster carpets, ordinary velvet, ami velvctci n arc cut-pile 
goods. 
cutting 
Sleighs are swarming up and down the street, of all torte 
and sizes, from tin- huge omnibus with it - Hum pamien- 
^1-1 s to tht- liiilit, ya> ly painteil cull,-,-*, w ith thi-ir solitary, 
fnr-capiied tenants, 'it.- ''/</ r '/' n 77""' ->tn>l j< i 
5. In miiiini/ : (n) A joint or crack, generally 
one which intersects or crosses a lielter-deflnM 
system of cracks or joints in the same rock. ( Ii) 
In coal-mining, the system of joint-planes in the 
coal which is of secondary importance, being 
not so well developed as another set called tin- 
back, face, or cleat of the coal: generally used 
in the plural: as, backs and cutters. 6. In 
mineral., a crack in the substance of a crystal, 
which destroys or greatly lessens its value as 
a lapidaries' stone. 7. A soft yellow inalm- 
brick, used for face-work, from t he facility with 
which it can be cut or rubbed down. 8. In 
a weavers' loom, the box which contains the 
quills Backs and cutters. See fcadti.- Drunken 
cutter, an elliptical or oblong cutter-head, so placed n 
the shaft that it rotates in a circular path ; a wabbler. K. 
II. Knight, Eccentric cutter, () A small instrument 
used by workers in ivory. It is formed like a drill-stork. 
and is moved by a liow. The cuttfng-{>oiut can be fixed at 
ditferent distances from tin- center by nu-ans of a groove 
and screw. It can also in- used on the mandrel of a lathe 
for ornamenting surfaces. (b) A cutting-tool for a latin- 
having an inde|K'iident motion of Its own on the sliil< 
It produces eccentric figures, but by a method that is the 
reverse of that of the eccentric chuck (which see, under 
chuck*). Hanging cutter, in some plows, a colter which 
depends from tlie plow-beam. Mill-board cutter. See 
//i i " '"'in-''. Revenue cutter, a light-armed government 
vessel commissioned for the prevention of smuggling and 
the enforcement of the customs regulations. Formerly 
the vessels for the protection of the l.'nited States revenue 
were cutter-rigged, but now the name is applied indis- 
criminately, although almost all the revenue vessels are 
steamers, and the few remaining sailing vessels are schoon- 
er-rigged. Rigging-cutter, an apparatus for cutting the 
rigging of sunken vessels, to remove the masts, etc., lest 
they should Interfere with navigation. 
cutter 2 (kut'er), v. [E. dial., appar. a var. of 
quitter, equiv. to whitter, speak low, murmur: 
see quitter 2 , wliitter.] I. intrants. To speak low; 
whisper; murmur, as a dove. 
II. trans. To fondle. [Prov. Eng.] 
CUtter-bar (kut'er-bar), . In meek. : (ft) The 
bar of a boring-machine which carries the cut- 
ter a in a slot formed di- -. 
ametrically through the f" I JA 
bar, the cutter being fixed /-. v 
by a key 6, as shown in {) ' .' ' ) 
the figure. In the special I P 
form of boring-machine called Cutter-l>ar. 
boring-mitt, two or more cutters 
are arranged around a traversing iKiring-block carried by 
the bar (In this instance called boring-bar), the block be- 
ing moved by a screw parallel with the bar. ( A ) The 
reciprocating bar of a mowing-machine or har- 
vester, carrying the knives or cutters. 
cutter-grinder (kut'er-grin'dr), n. A tool or 
machine adapted for grinding cutters of any 
kind, as the knives of mowing-machines, or the 
rotary cutters used in milling, gear-cutting, etc. 
It consists of a grindstone or emery. wheel, or a combina- 
tion of such stones or wheels mounted on spindles, and 
driven by appropriate mechanism. 
cutter-head (kut'er-hed), N. A rotating head or 
stock, either shaped and ground to form a cutter, 
or so devised that bits or blades can be attached 
to it, used with planing-, grooving-, and mold- 
ing-machines, etc. 
cutter-stock (kut'er-stok), . A head or hold- 
er in which a cutting-tool is secured, as in a 
lathe. 
cutthroat (kut'throt), . and a. [< cut, r., + obj. 
tin-Hill.] I. n. 1. A murderer; an assassin; a 
ruffian. 
The wretched city was made a prey to robbers and rtif- 
throats. Frouite, Caesar, p. 74. 
2. The mustang grape of Texas, l'iti ctindicanx: 
so called from its acrid taste. ftoortsman'x 
lliiytteer. 3. A dark lantern in which there 
is generally horn instead of glass, and so con- 
structed that the light may be completely ob- 
scured. Jamiexon. [Scotch.] 4f. A piece of 
ordnance. Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
II. a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous. 
You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, 
And spi-t upon my Jewish gaberdine, 
And all for use of that which is mine own. 
Shak., M. of V., L 3. 
Thou art a slave, 
A cut-throat slave, a bloody, treacherous slave ! 
Bran, a, i,l /''.. Maid's Tragedy, iii. . 
cutthroat (kut'throt), r. t. [< cutthroat, .] 
To cut the throat of. [Rare.] 
Cutter-yacht. Money, Arcanes, 
Is now a god on earth : . . . 
sloops of considerable draft and comparatively Bribes justice, eut-thmat* honour, does what not? 
small beam. 4. A small light sleigh, with a "'" "'"' ''' Iaws "' ''"" l - v - lv - - 
single seat for one or two persons, usually cutting (kut'ing), /<. n. [Ppr. of rut, r.] 1. 
dra wn by one horse. [U. S.] Penetrating or dividing by a cut, as of an edged 
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CUtpurse (kut'pers), . [ME. rH/mr, cutpurs; 
< cut, r., + obj. iiurxe.] One who cuts purses 
for the sake of stealing their contents (a prac- 
tice said to have been common when men wore 
purses at their girdles); hence, a pickpocket. 
A rnf ;>/< of the empire ami the rule ; 
That from a shelf the precious diaih-m slob-, 
And put it in his pocket! .SVm*., Hamlet, ill. 4. 
CUtra (kut'ra), n. A Turkish weight for indigo, 
cimal to K!8" pounds 15 ounces avoirdupois. 
CUtted ( kut 'ed ), /i. 11. Obsolete or dialectal past 
participle of rut. specifically- (<i) short in speech ; 
curt; laconic. 
lie your words made, good Sir! of Indian ware, 
That you allow me them by so small rate 
Or do you rutted Spartans imitate? 
Sir I'. .Si.//n;/(Arher's Eng. darner, I. 549). 
(Ii) Sharp In speech ; tart ; peevish ; querulous. 
She's grown so cutted, there's no speaking to her, 
Middhton, Women Beware \V n, III. 1. 
CUttelast, . See cut lux. 
cutter 1 (kut'er), H. [< ME. cuttere, a barber; < 
cut + -<'ri.] 1. One who cuts or hews ; one who 
shapes or forms anything by cutting. 
A skilful cutter of diamonds and polisher of gems. 
Boyle, Works, V. 36. 
Specifically (a) Formerly, an officer In the English ex- 
chequer whose oitirr it was to provide wood for the tallies, 
and to cut on them the sums paid. See tullti. (b) In tailor- 
ing, one who measures and cuts out cloth for garments, or 
cuts it according to measurements made by another, (et) 
A bully; a bravo; a swaggering fellow ; a sharper; a rob- 
ber. Also ciiltlf. 
He's out of cash, and thon know'st by cutter'* law we are 
hound to relieve one another. Rowley, Match at Midnight. 
He with a crew went forth 
Of lusty cttttert stout and bold, 
And robbed in the North. 
True Tale of Robin Hood (Child's Ballads, V. 350). 
Because thou art a misproud bird, and despisest thine 
own natural lineage, and niftiest in unpaid silks and vel- 
vets, and keepest company with gallants and cuttem, must 
we lose our memory for that ? Scott, Monastery, xxxvil. 
2. That which cuts; an instrument or tool, or 
a part of one, that cuts : as, a straw-cutter ; the 
cutters of a boring-machine. 
Stewpans and saucepans, cutter* and moulds, without 
which a cook of spirit . . . declares it utterly impossible 
that he can give you anything to eat. 
I'.oi u-< r. Last Days of Pompeii, lv. 2. 
Specifically (rt)The broad chisel-edge of a center -bit, lying 
Injtween the nicker, or outer knife-edge, and the center, 
or pin. (b) A knife or an Indenting-tool used in testing 
the explosive pressure of powder in large guns. See preit- 
inire-fjagc. (c) In diamond-cutting, a wooden hand-tool 
in which that one of two diamonds undergoing cutting 
which is least advanced is cemented. The other stone is 
cemented in the setter, and the two are then rubbed to- 
gether, (rf) A wad-punch. K. II, Knight, (e) An upright 
chisel on an anvil ; a hack-iron. K. II. Knight. (/) A 
file-chisel. K. U. Knight, (g) In ayri., a colter. (A) A 
fore tooth that cuts, as distinguished from a grinder; an 
incisor. 
The other teeth (the mttert and dog teeth) have usually 
but one root. Boyle, Works, V. SB. 
3. Naut. : (a) A double-banked boat used by 
ships of war. 
I hoisted out the cutter, and manned her with an officer 
ami seven men. Cook, Voyages, III. ii. 9. 
(b) A small vessel with a single mast, a main- 
sail, a forestaysail, and a jib set to bowsprit 
end. Cutter-yachts are sloop-rigged vessels, 
and the name is now generally applied to 
