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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.

One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cutpurse. Shak.

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or

In a cutting manner.

A knife. [Obs.] Bale.

The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

A foul-mouthed fellow. "An you play the saucy cuttle me." Shak.

A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [Scot.]

A low stool [Scot.]

The chief police officer of a large city. [East Indies]

The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

Acute-angled.

harp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.