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cut•tle1  (kut′l),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebratescuttlefish.
  2. Invertebratescuttlebone.
  • late Middle English codel, Old English cudele (replaced in the 16th century by cuttlefish and subsequently reshortened) bef. 1000

cut•tle2  (kut′l),USA pronunciation v.t., -tled, -tling. [Textiles.]
  1. Textilesto fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.
  2. Textilesto allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cuttle /ˈkʌtəl/ n
  1. short for cuttlefish, cuttlebone
Etymology: Old English cudele; related to Old High German kiot bag, Norwegian dialect kaule cuttle, Old English codd bag
'cuttle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cuttlefish - cuttlebone

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