Part 2702

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cutthroat</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"throat`</hw> <tt>(k?t"thr?t`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.</def>

<h1>Cutthroat</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"throat`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Murderous; cruel; barbarous.</def>

<h1>Cutting</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"ting</hw> <tt>(k?t"t?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or <?/<?/ion cut off from a stoock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.</def>

<h1>Cutting</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Adapted to cut; <as>as, a <ex>cutting</ex> tool</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; <as>as, a <ex>cutting</ex> wind</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Severe; sarcastic; biting; <as>as, a <ex>cutting</ex> reply</as>.</def>

<h1>Cuttingly</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"ting*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cutting manner.</def>

<h1>Cuttle</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"tle</hw> <tt>(k?t"t'l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cultel</ets>, <ets>coltel</ets>, <ets>coutel</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cultellus</ets>. See <er>Cutlass</er>.]</ety> <def>A knife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Cuttle ktt'l, Cuttlefish</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw><hw>Cut"tle</hw> <tt>(k?t"t'l)</tt>, <hw>Cut"tle*fish`</hw> <tt>(-f?sh`)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>codule</ets>, AS. <ets>cudele</ets>; akin to G. <ets>kuttelfish</ets>; cf. G. <ets>k<?/tel</ets>, D. <ets>keutel</ets>, dirt from the guts, G. <ets>kuttel</ets> bowels, entrails. AS. <ets>cwip</ets> womb, Gith. <ets>qipus</ets> belly, womb.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cephalopod of the genus <spn>Sepia</spn>, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.</def>

<note>&hand; It has an <i>ink bag</i>, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A foul-mouthed fellow.</def> "An you play the saucy <i>cuttle</i> me." <i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cuttle bone</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut"tle bone`</hw> <tt>(b?n`)</tt>. <def>The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.</def>

<h1>Cuttoo plate</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cut*too" plate`</hw> <tt>(k?t-t??" pl?t`)</tt>. <def>A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.</def>

<h1>Cytty</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cyt"ty</hw> <tt>(k?t"t?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>cut</ets> a short tail, <ets>cutach</ets> bobtailed. See <er>Cut</er>.]</ety> <def>Short; <as>as, a <ex>cutty</ex> knife; a <ex>cutty</ex> sark.</as></def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Cutty</h1> <Xpage=361>