[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

revenue \rev"enue\, n. f. revenu, of. revenue, fr. revenir to
   return, l. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. see
   come.
   1. that which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the
      annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species
      of property, real or personal; income.
      1913 webster

            do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air
            till you know what you are worth.     --gray.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
      1913 webster

   3. the annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents,
      etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and
      receives into the treasury for public use.
      1913 webster

   revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to
      enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
come revenue cutter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cutter \cut"ter\ ku^t"t~er, 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 +rdh

   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
see also:
sloop revenue cutter cutter bar cutter head 

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