Cŭt'ter, n.

n. 1. One who cuts or hews.

2. An instrument used for cutting.
3. A fore tooth, that cuts, as distinguished from a grinder; an incisor. Ray.
4. (Naut.) (a.) A small boat used by ships of war. (b.) A vessel rigged nearly like a sloop, with one mast and a straight running bowsprit, which may be run in upon deck.

Cutter, (4, b.)

5. A small one-horse sleigh.
6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for face-work;—so called from the facility with which it can be cut or rubbed down. Ogilvie.