CUTTER, a ruffian, a cut purse. Of _Robin Hood_ it was said—

“So being outlawed (as ’tis told),

He with a crew went forth

Of lusty CUTTERS, bold and strong,

And robbed in the north.”

This ancient cant word now survives in the phrase, “to swear like a

CUTTER.”

CUTTY PIPE, a short clay pipe. _Scotch_, CUTTY, short. _Cutty-sark_, a

scantily draped lady is so called by _Burns_.

DAB, or DABSTER, an expert person. Johnson says, “in low language, an

artist.”

DAB, a bed.