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CUTLASS
cutlas, cutlass
(noun) a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cutlass (plural cutlasses)
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Synonyms
• cuttoe
• hanger
• short sabre
Verb
cutlass (third-person singular simple present cutlasses, present participle cutlassing, simple past and past participle cutlassed)
(transitive) To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.
Source: Wiktionary
Cut"lass (kt"lass), n.; pl. Cutlasses (-Ez). Etym: [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cuttellus a smallknife, dim. of culter knife. See Colter, and cf. Curtal ax.]
Definition: A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. Cutlass fish, (Zoöl.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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