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By RYAN HUME
Cutter [kʌt•ər]
noun
1. a person who cuts
things for a living; used in
tailoring and masonry
2. a machine that cuts
3. Nautical. a small to
medium sailing ship rigged
with a single mast that is
built for speed instead of
cargo capacity. Conversely,
the U.S. Coast Guard uses
the same term to defi ne any
number of diff erent classi-
fi cations of vessels longer
than 65 feet and equipped
with living conditions for a
permanently assigned crew
Origin:
The root verb cut can
be traced back to entering
Middle English around 1300
as either cutten or kitten
and probably arrived from
a Scandinavian source like
the Old Norse kuti, which
means “little knife.”
Cutter, as it applies to the
sailing vessel, is fi rst record-
ed in 1762, and the term
became widespread in both
Britain and the U.S. in the
19th century as the popu-
larity of the ship grew. The
U.S. Coast Guard adopted
the term for general usage
upon its inception in 1790
when the maritime force
was then known as the
Revenue Marine. The force
was offi cially renamed the
Revenue Cutter Service in
1863 during the American
Civil War.
“The U.S. Coast Guard cutter
Steadfast returned to homeport in
Astoria Thursday. During a two-
month counternarcotics patrol off the
West Coast, the Steadfast intercepted
several vessels smuggling cocaine and
delivered wheelchairs to a shelter.
“According to the Coast Guard,
the 210-foot cutter intercepted more
than 4,800 pounds of cocaine with
a street value of more than $71
million.”
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—“Cutter Steadfast seizes cocaine,
delivers wheelchairs during patrol,” The Daily
Astorian, Sept. 16, 2016
“If all goes well, and there is scant
reason to believe that it will not,
the revenue cutter Perry will deport
tonight for the sound. Whether or not
she will ever again return to Astoria is
a question that can not be answered.”
—“Perry goes to Seattle,” The Morning
Astorian, Thursday, May 26, 1994, P. 6
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