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   Cut , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
   To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
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   You must cut this flesh from off his breast.
   Shak.
   
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   Before the whistling winds the vessels fly,
   With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.
   Pope.
   
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   To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
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   Thy servants can skill to cut timer.
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   To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
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   To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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   To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
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   Why should a man. whose blood is warm within,
   Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
   Shak.
   
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   Loopholes cut through thickest shade.
   Milton.
   
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   To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
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   The man was cut to the heart.
   Addison.
   
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   To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
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   To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]
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   To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.]
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   An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.
   Thomas Hamilton.
   
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   (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
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   (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.
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   (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.
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   (Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.
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   To cut a caper. See under Caper. -- To cut the cards, 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. -- To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and disadvantageous. -- To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or imperfect job in order to save time or money. -- To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.] -- To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. “Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia.” Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] “So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest orator.” Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. -- To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. -- To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. -- To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate.
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   I would to God, . . . 
   The king had cut off my brother's.
   Shak.
   (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. “Irenæus was likewise cut off by martyrdom.” Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. -- To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. “ A large forest cut out into walks.” Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. “Every man had cut out a place for himself.” Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. “I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments.” Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. (g) to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train. (h) to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking. -- To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. -- To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. “Achilles cut him short, and thus replied.” Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] -- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. -- To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut. -- To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. “This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.” Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
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   Cut , v. i.
   To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
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   To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
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   Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.
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   To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
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   He saved the lives of thousands by his manner of cutting for the stone.
   Pope.
   
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   To make a stroke with a whip.
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   To interfere, as a horse.
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   To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]
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   To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.
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   To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. -- To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] -- To cut in or To cut into, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly. -- To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) 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. [Slang.] “When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.” Thackeray.
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   Cut, n.
   An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
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   A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
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   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.
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   Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.
   W. Irving.
   
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   A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
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   This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.
   Knolles.
   
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   The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
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   A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
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   It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types.
   Dana.
   
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   An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
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   (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
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   Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
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   With eyes severe and beard of formal cut.
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   A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]
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   He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]
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   A skein of yarn.
   Wright.
   
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   (Lawn Tennis, etc.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.
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   (Cricket) A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.
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   A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths.
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   Now draweth cut . . . 
   The which that hath the shortest shall begin.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Cut , a.
   Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
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   Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
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   Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
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   Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous. -- Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures. -- Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail. -- Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.
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