cuttle

¹ American  

[kuht-l] / ˈkʌt l /

noun

1. cuttlefish.

2. cuttlebone.

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cuttle ² American  

[kuht-l] / ˈkʌt l /

verb (used with object)

Textiles.

cuttled, cuttling

1. to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.

2. to allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc.

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cuttle British  

/ ˈkʌtəl /

noun

1. short for cuttlefish cuttlebone

2. a small cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches

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Etymology

Origin of cuttle¹

before 1000; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele (replaced in the 16th century by cuttlefish and subsequently reshortened)

Origin of cuttle²

First recorded in 1535–45; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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cuttle cuttled cuttling

He was still standing at the fish stall examining a number of loathsome cuttle fish who were regarding him with a fixed and terrible stare from among their many arms.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee

Manny sinitors thought that th' next step wud be to take th' duty off cuttle fish bone, an' thus sthrike a blow at th' very heart iv our protictive system.

From Mr. Dooley Says by Finley Peter Dunne

These are the cuttle fish, which have now surrendered their Aristotelian name of ‘molluscs’ to that greater group which is seen to include them, together with the shell-fish or ‘ostracoderma’ of Aristotle.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone

The belief in the power of the cuttle to sink a ship and devour her crew is as widely spread over the surface of the globe, as it is ancient in point of time.

From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee

The animals of the North American Indians are represented as stealing fire sometimes from the cuttle fish and sometimes from one another.

From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt

The doubled piece now passes between a pair of positively driven drawing rollers, and is then "faked," "cuttled," or pleated as indicated.

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse

This operation is also known as "cuttling" or "faking."

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse

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