Crossword clues for cuttle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cuttle \Cut"tle\ (k?t"t'l), n. [OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr.
L. cultellus. See Cutlass.]
A knife. [Obs.]
--Bale.
Cuttle \Cut"tle\ (k[u^]t"t'l), Cuttlefish \Cut"tle*fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n. [OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. k["o]tel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwi[thorn] womb, Goth. qi[thorn]us belly, womb.]
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(Zo["o]l.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.
Note: It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation.
A foul-mouthed fellow. ``An you play the saucy cuttle with me.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. The cuttlefish. Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) A knife. Etymology 3
n. (context obsolete English) A foul-mouthed fellow.
WordNet
n. ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell [syn: cuttlefish]
Wikipedia
Cuttle is a two player card game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards which resembles a collectible card game in gameplay. The game's earliest confirmed appearance took place in the 1970s, though the exact date of its creation is unknown.
Usage examples of "cuttle".
Inside, Judy Cuttle had done what she could to turn a mobile home into an Edwardian farmhouse, complete with antimacassars and rusty photos in bamboo frames of geezers in waistcoats and glum women in cameoes.
Yesterday somebody potted at Jeremy Cuttle, or maybe just at his hat as a warning.
The sergeant had rejoined Cuttle, who had managed to dig a small hole in what seemed an absurdly short time.
It is a black-brown liquor, secreted by a small gland into an oval pouch, and through a connecting duct is ejected at will by the cuttle fish which inhabits the seas of Europe, especially the Mediterranean.
Strings drew out his waterskin and passed it to Corporal Tarr, then he tapped Cuttle on the shoulder and the two of them made their way back to the ridge.
He rode down fairly close to where Strings and Cuttle stood and paused beside them.
He did not need to speak aloud to know that Cuttle understood, for the man slowly nodded.
I started running errands for the Cuttles when I was six and my parents knew them before that.
The feds were hoping to gain control over the cuttles by figuring out the fine points of their life cycle.
Some were zooming towards the cuttles, but others were homing in on the curios crowding the aft.
I started running errands for the Cuttles when I was six and my parents knew them before that.
Will you come down of your own self, arterwards, pretty, or shall Ed'ard Cuttle come and fetch you?