| Summary: | cut v Some of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wages, and the other half belongs to the planter for the supplies. Such a person is said to "have half his hand." The "lay" is less than "half the hand." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1957 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I cut off (the linnet/twine), cut out (a young seal), cut-tail, cut-throat(er), cut-off, cut pole, cutwater, cut tails, cut throats Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 04 Jul 2016
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