CUT-A-Feather, in the sea-language. If a ship has too broad a bow, it is common to say, she will not cut a feather; that is, she will not pass through the water so swift as to make it foam or froth.
Cut Purse, in law; if any person clam & secrete, and without the knowledge of another, cut his purse or pick his pocket, and steal from thence above the value of twelve pence, it is felony excluded clergy.
Cut-purses or facularii, were more severely punished than common thieves by the Roman and Athenian laws.
Cut Water, the sharp part of the head of a ship below the beak. It is so called because it cuts or divides the water before it comes to the bow, that it may not come too suddenly to the breadth of the ship, which would retard her.