cutwater (kutwater)

[ It [a shot] struck against the head of a bolt in the cut water of the Dart mouth ship, and went no further. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 239. 2. The lower portion of the pier of a bridge, formed with an angle or edge directed up the stream, so as more effectually to resist the action of the water, ice, etc.-3. The razorbill, or black skimmer, Rhynchops nigra. IMG:content-1897.png:[blocks in formation] a , larva of Agrotis me or i a; b, c , moth and larva of Agrotis scandens. (All natural size.) ground, and come forth at night to cut off, just above or just below the surface, all sorts of tender plants, but particularly maize, cabbage, and melons. Some, like Agro tis scandens, climb on vines and young trees and eat out the buds. Agrotis me or i a is one of the commonest. cuvett, cuvatt, v. Obsolete spellings of covet. cuvette (k (kü-vet'), n. [F., dim. of cuve, L. cup a, a tub, ML. a cup, etc.: see cup.] 1. In decorative art, a portable basin of ornamental form in pottery or porcelain, Cuvette (def. 2). 1419 The Orkney kelp-men have a igned peculiar names to each, calling the ordinary Laminaria digit at a cuvy. Harvey, Phycologia Britannica. Cuzco bark, Cuzco china. Same as Cusco bark (which see, under bark2 ). Cwmry, n. pl. Same as Cymry. cwt. An abbreviation compounded of c. for Latin centum , hundred, and wt . for English weight, used for hundredweight. Cy. The chemical symbol of cyanogen. -cy. [(1) Of ult. L. origin: formerly also -cie, ME. -cie, OF. -cie, F. -cie, -ce, etc.; often an extension of -ce3 (q. v.), resting more directly upon the orig. L. -tia or-cia; as innocence, innocency, convenience, conveniency, etc. (see -ancy, -ency); so fallacy, ME. fallace, Cyanocitta Europe, Asia, and North America. C. L. Brehm, 1828. See cut under bluethroat.