cuttle
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.
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to allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc.
noun
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short for cuttlefish cuttlebone
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a small cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches
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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You have seen the cuttle fish attempt to becloud the water and elude the grasp of his pursuer.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
It wud make a nourishin' dish whin ye have whetted ye'er face on a piece iv cuttle fish bone.
From Mr. Dooley Says by Finley Peter Dunne
About as much as a canary in a cage," she announced, "and we are expected to sing joyously for our cuttle bone and hemp seed.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
There is another fish, named the cuttle, of which whole shoals will sometimes rise at once out of the water, and of which a great multitude fell into their ship.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson
"The term molusc is applied by naturalists to creatures which have no vertebrae, as for example, the cuttle fish and the oyster."
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
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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