adj. easy to cut or chew.
Syn. -- chewable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fore tooth; an incisor. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster +RH ]

5. A small, light one-horse sleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat competition. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply; a cutting remark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cutting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass. ] A knife. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. kötel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwiþ womb, Goth. qiþus belly, womb. ] 1. (Zool.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A foul-mouthed fellow. “An you play the saucy cuttle with me.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]