Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CUT'TER, n.

1. One who cuts or hews.
2. An instrument that cuts; as, a straw-cutter.
3. A fore tooth, that cuts meat, as distinguished from a grinder.
4. A small boat used by ships of war. Also, a vessel with one mast and a straight running bowsprit, which may be run in upon deck; rigged nearly like a sloop. – Mar. Dict.
5. An officer in the exchequer that provides wood for the tallies.
6. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]