cut-against 
a book lying on or against a board, in con- 
tradistinction to a cut made on a book in the 
middle of a pile of other books, (b) The piece 
of wood which receives the edge of the knife. 
CUt-and-thrust (kut'and-thrust'), a. Designed 
for cutting and thrusting: as, a cut-and-thrust 
sword. 
The word sword comprehended all descriptions, whether 
backsword or basket-hilt, cut-and-thrutt or rapier, fal- 
chion or scymitar. Scott, Abbot, iv. 
cutaneal (ku-ta'ne-al), a. [As cutane-ous + -al.] 
Same as cutaneous." Dunglison. 
cutaneous (ku-ta'ne-us), a. [= F. eutant = 
Sp. cutdneo = Pg. ft. cutaneo, < NL. "cutaneus, 
< L. eutis, skin: see cutis, cuticle.'} 1. Per- 
taining to the skin ; of the nature of or re- 
sembling skin; tegumentary: as, a cutaneous 
envelop. 2. Affecting the skin : as, a cutane- 
ous eruption ; a cutaneous disease. 
Some sorts of cutaneous eruptions are occasioned by 
feeding much on acid unripe fruits. A rbuthnot, Aliments. 
3. Attached to, acting upon, or situated imme- 
diately below the skin; subcutaneous: as, acw- 
tanemis muscle Cutaneous absorption. See 06- 
sorption. 
cutanepusly (ku-ta'ne-us-li), adv. Byorthrough 
the skin : as, absorbed eutancowly. 
cutaway (kut'a-wa), a. and n. [< cut, pp. of 
cut, v., + away"'] I. a. Cut back from the waist : 
as, a cutaway coat. 
II. n. A single-breasted coat with the skirt 
cut back from the waist in a long slope or 
curve. See coat 2 . 
A green cut-away with brass buttons. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 6. 
cutch 1 (kuch), n. [Also couch-, cooch-(grass) ; 
var. of quitch, q. v.] Same as quitch-grass, 
Triticum repens. 
cutch' 2 (kuch), n. [A technical name, perhaps 
ult. due to F. couche, a couch, bed, layer, stra- 
tum: see coac/i 1 .] A block of paper or vellum, 
between the leaves of which gold-leaf is placed 
to be beaten. 
CUtch 3 (kuch), n. [Anglo-Ind.] Catechu. 
cutch 4 (kuch), . [Origin unknown.] Same as 
cultch. 
cutcha. kutcha (kiich'ii), a. and . [Anglo-Ind., 
< Hind, kachcha = Beng. kdncha, etc., raw, un- 
ripe, immature, crude (lit. or fig.). A kachcha 
house is one built of unbaked bricks or mud.] 
I. a. In British India, temporary, makeshift, 
inferior, etc.: opposed to pucka (Hind, pakka, 
pukka, ripe, cooked, mature), which implies 
stability or superiority: as, a cutcha roof; a 
cuteJia seam in a coat. 
In America, where they cannot get- a pucka railway, 
they take a kutcha one instead. Lord Elgin, Letters. 
II. n. A weak kind of lime used in inferior 
buildings. 
cutcher (kuch'er), . [Cf. cutch 2 .] In a paper- 
machine, a cylinder about which an endless felt 
moves. 
cutchery (kuch'e-ri), n. [Also written cutch- 
erry, kachchari, "kaehahri, < Hind, kaehahri, a 
court, a court-house.] In British India, a court 
of justice or a collector's or any public office. 
Constant dinners . . . [and] the labours of cutcherry . . 
had their effect upon Waterloo Sedley. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Ivii. 
CUt-chundoo (kut'chun'do), n. A measure of 
capacity in Ceylon, equal to about half a pint. 
CUtdrop (kut'drop), n. A drop-scene in a the- 
ater which is cut away more or less to allow 
the scenery behind it to be seen through the 
opening. 
cute (kut), . [An abbr. of acute.'} Acute; 
clever; sharp; smart. [Colloq.] 
What became of the particularly 'cute Yankee child 
who left his home and native parish at the age of fifteen 
months, because he was given to understand that his pa- 
rents intended to call him Caleb? Hawthorne. 
Cap'n Tucker he was ... so 'cute at dodgin' in and out 
all them little bays and creeks and places all 'long shore. 
Mrs. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 100. 
cutely (kut'li), adv. [Short for acutely.] Acute- 
ly; smartly. [Colloq.] 
CUteness (kut'nes), . [Short for acuteness: 
see cute.'} The quality of being cute ; sharp- 
ness ; smartness ; cleverness ; acuteness. ["Col- 
loq.] 
Who could have thought so innocent a face could cover 
so much cuteness ! Ouldanith, Good-natured Man, ii. 1. 
ill, 
thi- st;i\ at li.jmc tendencies enforced by Nature upon the 
rawly arrived I Ancon] ram. llujcletj, Lay Sermons, p. 267. 
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Cuterebra (kti-te-reb'ra), n. Same as Cutite- 
rcbra. 
cut-grass (kut'gras), n. A kind of grass having 
very rough blades, which when drawn quickly 
through the hand inflict a cut Rice cut-grass, 
in the United States, the wild rice, Leersia oryzoidts. 
cutht, a. A Middle English form of couth. 
cuth- (kuth). An element in some proper names 
of Anglo-Saxon origin, being the same (with 
vowel shortened before two consonants) as 
couth, known (see couth): as, Cuthbcrt, Anglo- 
Saxon Cuth-berht, -brilit (famous as a warrior); 
Cuthred, Anglo-Saxon Cuthred (famous in coun- 
sel); Cuthwin, Anglo-Saxon Cuthwiiie (famous 
friend or fighter). 
CUthbertt (kuth'bert), . [Formerly St. Cuth- 
bert's duck (Anas cuthberti); cf. cuddy^, prob. 
of same ult. origin.] The eider-duck, Soma- 
teria mollissima. Montagu. 
cut-heal (kut'hel), n. [Appar. < cut + heal; 
from supposed curative properties.] The va- 
lerian, Valeriana officiiialis. 
cuticle (ku'ti-kl), . [= F. cuticule = Sp. cuti- 
cula = Pg. cuticula = It. cuticola, < L. cuticula, 
dim. of cutis, the skin: see cutis.] 1. In soo'l. 
and anat.: (a) The scarf-skin or epidermis; 
the outermost layer of the skin, forming the 
general superficial integument or covering of 
the body (see cut under skin); by extension, 
any kind of epidermal or cuticular growths, as 
nails, claws, hoofs, horns, hair, feathers, etc. 
Veins and skin, and cuticle and nail. 
Bentleif, Sermons, iii. 
(6) The outermost and very superficial integu- 
ment in general, without reference to its exact 
nature ; a pellicle ; a skin, rind, or other invest- 
ing structure, (c) Some thick, tough mem- 
brane lining an internal organ: as, the cuticle 
of a fowl's gizzard, (d) In infusorians, specifi- 
cally, the cell-wall. 2. In bot., a continuous 
hyaline film covering the surface of a plant 
and formed of the cutinized outer surfaces of 
the epidermal cells. Sometimes used as equiv- 
alent to epidermis. 3. A thin skin formed on 
the surface of liquor ; a film or pellicle. 
When any saline liquor is evaporated to cuticle, the salt 
concretes in regular figures. Newton, Opticks. 
cuticula (ku-tik'u-la), n. ; pi. cuticula! (-le). [L., 
dim. of cutis, the skin : see cutis.] In ro67. and 
anat. : (a) The cuticle proper ; the epidermis ; 
the ectoderm ; the exoskeleton ; the superficial 
investment of the body, in so far as this is 
formed by or derived from the epiblastic cells 
or epiblast of the embryo, whatever its ulterior 
modification, (b) In infusorians, a compara- 
tively dense envelop to which the outer wall 
of the body gives rise. Also cuticulum. (c) In 
annelids, as the earthworm, a thin and trans- 
parent though tough membrane, forming the 
outermost envelop of the body, and perforated 
by extremely minute vertical canals. 
cuticular (ku-tik'u-lar), a. [= F. cuticulaire 
= Sp. cuticular = It.' cuticolare ; as cuticula + 
-ar 2 .] Pertaining to or consisting of cuticle, 
in a broad sense ; epidermal. 
The oral and gastric regions are armed with cuticular 
teeth in many Invertebrata. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 56. 
CUticularization (ku-tik'u-lar-i-za'shon), n. [< 
cuticularize + -ation.] Same as cutinization. 
Also spelled cuticularisation. 
cuticularize (ku-tik'u-lar-Iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. cuticularized, ppr.' cuticularizing. [< cutic- 
ular + -ize.] To render cuticular; give the 
character, nature, or composition of the cuti- 
cle to. Also cuticularise, cutinize. 
The rest of the epidermal cells of the tentacles have 
their exterior walls excessively mtieularised and resis- 
tant. W. Gardiner, Proc. Royal Soc., XXXIX. 229. 
A cuticularized cell-wall is almost impermeable to wn- 
ter - Encyc. Brit., XIX. 44. 
cuticulum (ku-tik'u-lum), n. [NL., neut. dim. 
of L. cutis, skin: see eutis, cuticle.] Same as 
cutie-ula (b). 
ratification (ku"ti-fi-ka'shou), n. [< cutify : 
see -fy and -ation.] Formation of epidermis or 
of skin. 
CUtify (ku'ti-fi), v. i. ; pret. and pp. cutified, ppr. 
cutijying. [< L. cutis, skin, + -ficare, make : see 
cutis and -fy.] To form skin. 
CUtikins (k'o'ti-kinz), n. pi. Spatterdashes. 
Also written cuitikim. [Scotch.] 
cutin (ku'tin), n. [< L. cutis, the skin, + -in 2 .] 
According to Fremy, a peculiar modification 
of cellulose contained in the epidermis of 
leaves, petals, and fruits, together with or- 
dinary cellulose, and forming the cuticle or 
Cutleria 
cuticular layers. Cutin exhibits under the 
microscope the aspect of an amorphous per- 
forated film. 
cutinization (ku"ti-ni-za'shpn), n. [< eutinise 
+ -ation.] In bot., a modification of cell-walls 
by which they become impermeable to water 
through the presence of cutin. Also called 
cuticularization. 
CUtinize (ku'ti-niz), v. t.; pret. and pp. ciitin- 
ized, ppr. ci<tini~ii/</. [< cutin + -ize.} Same 
as cuticularize. 
cutipunctor (ku-ti-pungk'tor), n. [< L. cutis, 
skin (see cutis), + NL. pu'nctor, < L. punyere, 
pp. punctKS, puncture : see puncture, point.] A 
surgical instrument for puncturing the skin. 
E. H. Knight. 
CUtis (ku'tis), n. [L., the skin, = E. hide 2 , q. 
v.] 1. The skin in general; a skin. 2. The 
true skin, corium, or derma underlying the cuti- 
cle or scarf-skin. See cut under skin. 3. A 
firmer tissue of some fungi, forming an outer 
covering Cutis anserina, literally, goose-skin ; goose- 
flesh ; horripilation ; a contracted, roughened state of the 
skin arising from cold, fright, etc. See atutrine. Cutis 
vera, the true skin, corium, or derma. 
cutisector (ku-ti-sek'tpr), . [< L. cutis, skin 
(see cutis), + sector, a cutter: see sector.] A 
knife, consisting of a pair of parallel adjusta- 
ble blades, used for making thin sections in 
microscopy. E. H. Knii/ht. 
Cutiterebra (ku"ti-te-reb'ra), . [NL. (Clark, 
1815), also contr. Cuterebra, < L. cutis, skin, + 
terebra, a borer, < terere, bore.] A genus of bot- 
flies, of the family (Estridce, the species of which 
Larva of Cutiterebra cunicula. 
a, side view, natural size ; t>. anal end, enlarged ; c, head end, 
enlarged. 
infest the male genitals of squirrels, rabbits, 
and other animals. C. emasculator is an ex- 
ample, so called from the effect it produces. 
CUtitis (ku-ti'tis),n. [< L. cutis, skin, + -itw.] 
Cytitis. Dunglison. 
cutlacet, . See cutlas. 
CUtlas, cutlass (kut'las), . [Formerly also 
cuttelas, cutlace, cutless'(also courtelas, curtle-ax, 
and curtal-ax, in simulation of curtal and ax 1 , 
perhaps with some thought of a battle-ax), E. 
dial, also cutlash ; < F. coutelas (= It. coltellac- 
cio, dial, cortelazo), < OF. coutel, cultel, F. couteau 
(> E. cntto) = It. coltello, a knife, dagger, < L. 
cultellus, a knife, dim. of culter, a knife, > AS. 
culter, E. colter, coulter, the knife of a plow, and 
(through cultellus) E. cutler, q. v. Not connected 
with cut.] A short sword or large knife, espe- 
cially one used for cutting rather than thrust- 
ing; specifically, a curved basket-hilted sword 
of strong and simple make, used at sea, espe- 
cially when boarding or repelling boarders. 
CUtlas-fish (kut'las-fish), n. 1. The thread-fish, 
Trichiurus lepturus. See hair/ail. 2. A fish 
of the family (lymnotidtf, Carapus fasciatus. 
cutlash (kut'lash), n. See cutlas. 
cutlass, n. See cutlas. 
cutler (kut'ler), . [< ME. coteler, < AF. cotel- 
ler, OF. cotelier, mod. F. coutelier, < ML. cul- 
tellarius, a maker of knives, a soldier armed 
with a knife, prop, adj., < L. cultellus, a knife, 
dim. of culter, a knife: see cutltis. Not con- 
nected with cut.] 1. One whose occupation is 
the making of knives and other cutting instru- 
ments. 
Like cutler's poetry 
Upon a kiiife, " Love me, and leave me not." 
Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 
Their cutlers that make hilts are more exquisite in that 
art then any that I ever saw. Coryat, Crudities, I. 122. 
2. One who sharpens or repairs cutlery ; a 
knife-grinder.- cutlers' greenstone, see.^wirf,,/),. 
Cutleria (kut-le'ri-a), n. [NL., named after 
M. Cutler, an American botanist (174--182:i).] 
The representative genus of Cutleriacfce. The 
frond is broad and Hat. cut at the margin into narrow seg- 
ments, as if i-oiirposed of filaments lying side by side and 
in SOUK- phii-c.s IAIT >m- aimtht-r. AntheridiA and alrlie- 
gonia are borne on different fronds, both in groups, form- 
