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a. ( Imp. and pp. CUT.) [Swed. and Goth. kotta, to cut; Lith, kertú; Gr. keiro, the t being thrown away, like the Slav. korjú, to cut; Icel. kuti, a small knife, kuta, to cut with a knife; Sansk, krit, to cut; allied to Lat. cædo, to cut, culter, a knife; Gr. kop to, to cut.] To separate the parts of any body by an edged instrument; to make a gash, wound, incision or notch into; to sever into pieces by the use of any kind of an edged instrument. To hew; to cleave; to lop; to slash; to sever for gathering; as to cut timber; to cut gra . -To divide and sever by cutting; to dock; to curtail; as, cut the nails. To carve; to divide or apportion by cutting; as, to cut a plate of beef. To carve; to hew-out; to shape or form by cutting; as, to cut a profile. "Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sit, like his grandsire, cut in alabaster?"--Shaks. - To penetrate; to pierce; to affect deeply; to wound or hurt the sensibility or feelings of. -To intersect; to cro ; to divide by pa ing through; as, a transversal cutting of two parallels makes four interior angles. -To divide into two sections or portions; as, to cut a pack of cards. "And frankly leave us, human elves, To cut and shuffle for ourselves." - Prior. Cutch, n. Oyster spawn. Cutch-Bhooj, an extensive native state of India, in- closed by Scinde on the N., the Guicowar's dominions on the S., and by the Gulf of Cutch and the Indian Ocean on the S. and S.E.; Lat. between 22° 47' and 24° 40′ N., Lon. 68° 26′ and 75° 45′ E. Area , 14,000 sq. m. The country is mountainous, but contains numerous fertile, level -A kind of sleigh or sledge drawn by one horse. tracts producing cotton, sugar, grapes, and musk-lem--In ons. The Runn of Cutch , a mora with an area of 7,000 sq. m., is supposed to have been the bed of an inland sea. Cutch-Gunda'va, a prov. of Be loo chi stan, E. of the Brahovick Mountains, between Lat. 27° 40′ and 29° 15′ N., and Lon. 67° 20′ and 69° 39′ E., having N. Sewestan, (Cabul,) E. and S. Scinde, and W. the prov. Talawan. Area , 10,000 sq. m. It is for the most part a plain, and its soil, rich and loamy, is exceedingly productive. Cli--A kind of brick mate mild in winter, but oppre ively hot in summer. The bulk of the pop. are Juts. The chief towns are Gundava (the cap.), Dadur, Bhag, and Lheree. Estim. pop . 100,000. vision; an incision, as of flesh. An excavation made through earth or rock, in making a road, canal, .; as, a railroad cutting . - Division, as of a pack of cards. -A channel; a ditch; a groove; a furrow; a notch; a canal; any hollow in a surface made by cutting. "This great cut or ditch Sesostris purposed to have made... wider and deeper."- Knolles. -A part cut off; any small piece or shred; a portion; as, a cut of mutton, a cut of scantling. Cutch'ogue, in New York , a post-village of Suffolk co. trating; shrewd; clever; acute. (Colloq.) Cute'ne , n. Smartne ; sagacity; shrewdne ; keen- ne . (American.) Cut'gra , n. A rough-leaved gra . Cut'etant Creek, in New York , traverses Tioga co., and joins Oswego Creek about 2 m. N. of Oswego. Cut'hand, in Texas , a post-office of Red River co. Cuthbert, n. See ST. CUTHBERT. Cuthbert, in Georgia , a town, the capital of Randolph co. Pop . (1897) about 2,800. Cuticle, n. [Fr.; Lat. cuticula , dim. of cutis , skin.) ( Anat .) The scarf-skin. The exterior membranous covmanner. ering of the body. In its chemical characters it resem- Cuttingsville, in Oregon , a P. O. of Clack am as co. bles nail, quill, ., and has the properties of a con- Cuttingsville, in Vermont , a post-village of Rut- densed form of albumen. See SKIN. Cu'tis, n. [Lat.] ( Anat . ) The true skin or derma . See Cutla , n. (Old spelling CURTLE-AXE, CURTAL-AXE.) [Fr. coutelas , from Lat. cultellus , from culter , a plough- share, a knife; Sansk. kut , to cut.] A broad, curving sword; a hanger, used by seamen in hand-to-hand en- counters. Cut'ler, n. [Fr. coutelier , from couteau , a knife; O. Fr. coutel, from Lat. cultellus .] One who makes, sells, or sharpens knives, and other cutting instruments. IMG:content-0455.png:[blocks in formation] Cutler, in Maine , a post-township of Washington Cutler, in Ohio , a post-office of Washington co. Cutlery, n. The busine or trade of a cutler; the busine of making knives; or, more generally, knives and other edged instruments, as razors, . -Sharp-edged or cutting instruments generally; as, Shef- field cutlery. See HARDWARE. Cut'let, n. [Fr. cotelette ; O. Fr. costelette , dim. of coste ; Fr. cote , from Lat. costa , a rib.] ( Cookery .) A small piece of meat, either mutton, veal, or lamb, broiled or fried; as, a Main ten on cutlet. ( Mach .) A contrivance in a steam-engine for cutting off the pa age of steam from the steam-chest to the cylinder, when the piston has moved through part of a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. Cut Off, in Georgia , a village of Walton co. Cut'purse, n. One who cuts purses in order to steal them or their contents; one who robs from the person; a robber; a pickpocket; a highwayman; a thief. "To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand is neces- sary for a cutpurse ." -Shaks. Cuttack, ( kut - tak ' ,) a large mar. district of Hindostan, prov. Ori a, presidency Bengal, between Lat. 19° 30′ and 21° 40′ N., Lon. 84° 30′ and 87° E., having E. the Bay of Bengal; area , 7,635 sq. m. Among the natural features of the country, the most remarkable is the Chilka Lake, which is, for many miles, separated from the sea by a strip of sand not more than 300 yards wide. The chief towns are Cuttack, the cap.; Pooree, with its temples of Juggernaut, at the mouth of the most southerly arm of the Mahanuddy; Kanarak, or the Black Pagoda , about 20 m. further to the N.; and Balasore, which gives its name to a roadstead stretching along the coast as far as the Hooghly. Among seamen, this maritime tract is generally distinguished as Ori a . Pop . 2,200,000. -CUTTACK, the cap., is abt. 220 m. from Calcutta, and has a pop . of 40,000. Cuttee', n. One who is cut, ostracised, or avoided. (Vulgar.) -A box used by a weaver. Cut'-throat, n. A murderer; an a a in. "Unpaid cut - throats are abroad." -Dryden. -a. Murderous; cruel; inhuman; barbarous. "Cut-throat and abominable dealing."-Carew. Cut'ting, n. A piece cut off anything; specifically, a twig or scion, cut off for the purpose of grafting or planting it; as, grape-vine cuttings . A separation or di- his name. His Leçons d'Anatomie Comparée, and the Règne Animal , in which the whole animal kingdom is arranged according to the organization of the beings of which it consists, have raised him to the pinnacle of scientific fame, and established him as perhaps the first naturalist in the world after Linnæus. His numerous memoirs and works upon these subjects show a mastermind in the study of zoology; and extending the principles laid down in his comparative anatomy to the study of paleontology, he has been enabled to render immense service to geology. Starting from the law that there is a correlation of forms in organized beings, that all the parts of each individual have mutual relations with each other, tending to produce one end, that of the existence of the being, that each living being has in its nature its own proper functions, and ought therefore to have forms appropriated for that function; and that consequently the analogous parts of all animals have received modifications of form which enable them to be recognized, he was able to ascertain from the inspection of a single fo il bone, not only the family to which it ought to belong, but the genus to which it must be referred. Even the very species of animal was thus to be made out, and the restoration of its external form as it might have lived and died, became in his hands an object of certainty and precision. His Régne Animal has been frequently translated, and forms the basis of all arrangements followed at the present time. Cuvier filled many offices of great importance in the state; particularly those connected with educational institutions. Napoleon treated him with much consideration; Louis XVIII.and Charles X. advanced him to honor; and Louis Philippe raised him to the rank of a peer of the realm. D. 1832.