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with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.

Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom.

See Catechu.

A hindoo hall of justice. Malcom.

Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.]

Acuteness; cunning. [Colloq.]

A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.

The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.

The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.

To change into cutin.

See Dermis.

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.

One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.

The business of a cutler.

A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.