Part 2699

<blockquote>It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary <b>cuts</b>, but natural groups or types. <i>Dana.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; <as>as, a book illustrated with fine <ex>cuts</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of dividing a pack cards.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The right to divide; as, whose <i>cut</i> is it?</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; <as>as, the <ex>cut</ex> of a garment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With eyes severe and beard of formal <b>cut</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>A common work horse; a gelding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He'll buy me a <b>cut</b>, forth for to ride. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.</def> <mark>[College Cant]</mark>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>A skein of yarn.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<cs><col>A cut in rates</col> <fld>(Railroad)</fld>, <cd>a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates.</cd> -- <col>A short cut</col>, <cd>a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage.</cd> -- <col>The cut of one's jib</col>, <cd>the general appearance of a person.</cd></cs> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To draw cuts</col>, <cd>to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Now draweth <b>cut</b> . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cut</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Formed or shaped as by cuttting; carved.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Overcome by liquor; tipsy.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<cs><col>Cut and dried</col>, <cd>prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.</cd> -- <col>Cut glass</col>, <cd>glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures.</cd> -- <col>Cut nail</col>, <cd>a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a <i>wrought nail</i>.</cd> -- <col>Cut stone</col>, <cd>stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cutaneous</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cu*ta"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(k?-t?"n?-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cutan<?/</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cutis</ets> skin. See <er>Cuticle</er>.]</ety> <def>Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; <as>as, a <ex>cutaneous</ex> disease; <ex>cutaneous</ex> absorption; <ex>cutaneous</ex> respiration.</as></def>

<h1>Cutaway</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut"a*way`</hw> <tt>(k?t"?-w?`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.</def>

<cs><col>Cutaway coat</col>, <cd>a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cutch</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cutch</hw> <tt>(k?ch; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Catechu</er>.</def>

<h1>Cutch</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cutch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cultch</er>.</def>

<h1>Cutchery</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cutch"er*y</hw> <tt>(k?ch"?r-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>kachahri</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hindoo hall of justice.</def>