cutter vs skiff

cutter

noun
  • A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop. 

  • A light sleigh drawn by one horse. 

  • A flag or similar instrument for blocking light. 

  • A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore. 

  • A foretooth; an incisor. 

  • A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut. 

  • A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh. 

  • An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling. 

  • A person or device that cuts (in various senses). 

  • A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon. 

  • A heavy-duty motor boat for official use. 

  • A surgeon. 

  • A knife. 

  • A cut fastball. 

skiff

noun
  • A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. 

  • Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. 

  • A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc. 

  • A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc). 

  • An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth. 

verb
  • To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc). 

  • To navigate in a skiff. 

  • To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table. 

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