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rutter
UK /ˈɹʌtə/ US /ˈɹədəɹ/
noun 5name 2
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2VERB + RUTTER
moved
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver
noun
1
A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.
But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.
noun
1
A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
2
A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
3
The penis.
She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.
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Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver
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But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.
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She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.
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