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Revenue cutter
(gcide) | 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.
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Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air
till you know what you are worth. --Gray.
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2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
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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.
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Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to
enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
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revenue cutter
(gcide) | Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k[u^]t"t[~e]r), n.
1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
who cuts out garments.
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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.
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3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
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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 and
deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
with lead.
(c) In the United States, a sailing vessel with one mast
and a bowsprit, setting one or two headsails. In Great
Britain and Europe, a cutter sets two headsails, with
or without a bowsprit.
(d) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue
cutter}.
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5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
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6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the
tallies the sums paid.
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7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
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8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so
called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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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.
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revenue cutter
(gcide) | 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.
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Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air
till you know what you are worth. --Gray.
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2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
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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.
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Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to
enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
[1913 Webster]Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k[u^]t"t[~e]r), n.
1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
who cuts out garments.
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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.
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3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
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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 and
deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
with lead.
(c) In the United States, a sailing vessel with one mast
and a bowsprit, setting one or two headsails. In Great
Britain and Europe, a cutter sets two headsails, with
or without a bowsprit.
(d) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue
cutter}.
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5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
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6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the
tallies the sums paid.
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7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
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8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so
called from the facility with which it can be cut.
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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.
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