CPage 548
- English Word Cut Definition Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
- English Word Cut-off Definition That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
- English Word Cut-off Definition The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.
- English Word Cut-off Definition Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.
- English Word Cut-out Definition A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
- English Word Cut-out Definition A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
- English Word Cutaneous Definition Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
- English Word Cutaway Definition Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.
- English Word Cutch Definition See Catechu.
- English Word Cutch Definition See Cultch.
- English Word Cutchery Definition A hindoo hall of justice.
- English Word Cute Definition Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
- English Word Cuteness Definition Acuteness; cunning.
- English Word Cutgrass Definition A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.
- English Word Cuticle Definition The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.
- English Word Cuticle Definition The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.
- English Word Cuticle Definition A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
- English Word Cuticular Definition Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.
- English Word Cutin Definition The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
- English Word Cutinization Definition The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.
- English Word Cutinize Definition To change into cutin.
- English Word Cutis Definition See Dermis.
- English Word Cutlass Definition A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
- English Word Cutlasses Definition of Cutlass
- English Word Cutler Definition One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.
- English Word Cutlery Definition The business of a cutler.
- English Word Cutlery Definition Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.
- English Word Cutlet Definition A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.
- English Word Cutling Definition The art of making edged tools or cutlery.
- English Word Cutose Definition A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.