Word Study
cutty
CIDE DICTIONARY
cutty, a. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. See Cut.].
Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [1913 Webster]
cutty, n. [Scotch.].
- A short spoon. [1913 Webster]
- A short tobacco pipe. Ramsay. [1913 Webster]
- A light or unchaste woman. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cutty, adj. & n. Sc. & N.Engl.
--adj. cut short; abnormally short.
--n. (pl. -ies) a short tobacco pipe.
--adj. cut short; abnormally short.
--n. (pl. -ies) a short tobacco pipe.
Idiom
cutty-stool hist. a stool of repentance.
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