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Definition of revenue cutter
Revenue cutter Revenue Rev"e*nue, n. [F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to
return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See
Come.]
1. That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the
annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species
of property, real or personal; income.
Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air
till you know what you are worth. --Gray.
2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
3. The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents,
etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and
receives into the treasury for public use.
Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to
enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
revenue cutter Cutter Cut"ter (k?t"t?r), n.
1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
who cuts out garments.
2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool
or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower
which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.
3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A boat used by ships of war.
(b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most
essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end
deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
with lead.
(c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
revenue marine service; -- also called revenue
cutter.
5. A small, light 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 facework; -- so
called from the facility with which it can be cut.
Cutter bar. (Mach.)
(a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a
boring machine.
(b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester
are attached.
Cutter head (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a
cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be
attached, as in a planing or matching machine. --Knight.