Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CUT, v.i.

1. To pass into or through and sever; to enter and divide the parts; as, an instrument cuts well.
2. To be severed by a cutting instrument; as, this fruit cuts easy or smooth.
3. To divide by passing. The teeth are ready to cut. Arbuthnot.
4. To perform a surgical operation by cutting, especially in lithotomy. He saved lives by cutting for the stone. Pope.
5. To interfere, as a horse. To cut in, to divide, or turn a card, for determining who are to play.