1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a
sword cut.
2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
3. 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.
Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind
cut indeed.
W. Irving.
4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.
Knolles.
5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or
types.
Dana.
7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine
cuts.
8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut.
Shak.
10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]
He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride.
Beau. & Fl.
11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]
12. A skein of yarn. Wright.
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.
Now draweth cut . . .
The which that hath the shortest shall begin.
Chaucer.
Cut
(Cut) a.
1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
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
