Cut

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A skein of yarn.

II. Cut ·adj Overcome by liquor; tipsy.

III. Cut ·vi To interfere, as a horse.

IV. Cut ·vi To move or make off quickly.

V. Cut ·noun A common work horse; a gelding.

VI. Cut ·vi To make a stroke with a whip.

VII. Cut ·noun The act of dividing a pack cards.

VIII. Cut ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cut.

IX. Cut ·adj Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

X. Cut ·vt To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

XI. Cut ·noun The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?.

XII. Cut ·adj Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

XIII. Cut ·noun The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

XIV. Cut ·vi To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

XV. Cut ·vt To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. ·etc.

XVI. Cut ·add. ·vt To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.

XVII. Cut ·noun A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

XVIII. Cut ·noun The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

XIX. Cut ·noun Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

XX. Cut ·vi To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

XXI. Cut ·noun A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

XXII. Cut ·add. ·vt To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.

XXIII. Cut ·noun A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

XXIV. Cut ·add. ·noun A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.

XXV. Cut ·vt To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to Hew; to mow or reap.

XXVI. Cut ·noun An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

XXVII. Cut ·vi To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, ·etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

XXVIII. Cut ·vt To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, ·etc.; to Carve; to hew out.

XXIX. Cut ·noun An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

XXX. Cut ·vt To Intersect; to Cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

XXXI. Cut ·vt To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to Dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

XXXII. Cut ·add. ·noun A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.

XXXIII. Cut ·vt To refuse to recognize; to Ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.

XXXIV. Cut ·vi 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.

XXXV. Cut ·add. ·vt To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.

XXXVI. Cut ·add. ·vt To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.

XXXVII. Cut ·vt To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to Pierce; to Lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

XXXVIII. Cut ·noun 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.

XXXIX. Cut ·vt 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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