The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
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A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
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(Zool.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
... unexpectedly, after indefinite years of absence,—suddenly as falling stones; and that the great guns roared in their astonishment and delight at the sight of the old warship splitting the bay with her cutwater. Now, the sloop-of-war the Wasp, Captain Blakely, after gloriously capturing the Reindeer and the Avon, had disappeared from the face of the ocean, and was supposed to be lost. But there was no proof of it, and, of course, for a time, hopes were entertained that she might ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858 • Various
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