| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈcutling, n.1
[? f. cut v.]
A name applied to groats (husked oat-grains), or to coarse oatmeal.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 317/1 Groats, or Cutlings (are) Oats husked. 1847–78Halliwell, Cutlins, oatmeal grits. North. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Cutlings, a name for groats, bruised oat seeds freed of the pericarp, used for gruel, porridge, etc.
▪ II. ˈcutling, n.2 rare.
[f. cut n. + -ling]
A small piece cut off.
1834Drakard's Stamford News 4 Nov., Propagating apple trees..by small cutlings.
▪ III. ˈcutling, vbl. n. dial.|ˈkʌtlɪŋ|
[f. as if from a verb to cutle; cf. also cuttle n.2, a knife.
The verb is in common use in south of Scotland in sense ‘to grind or sharpen knives’, etc., e.g. ‘to send a razor to be cutled’.]
The business or occupation of a cutler, the making of cutlery. Also attrib.
1645Milton Colast. Wks. (1851) 357 That the men of Toledo..were excellent at cuttling. c1765T. Flloyd Tartarian T. (1785) 42/2 Not satisfied with his cutling-trade alone. a1804Mather Songs (1862) 66 (Sheffield Gloss.), When he wrought at cutling, mere twelves made him sick. 1839in Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1877) 40 Cum all yo cutlin heroes..All yo wot works at flat-backs. |
