Cu*tic"u*lar (k&usl;*t&ibreve;k"&usl;*l&etilde;r), a. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.
Cu"tin (kū"t&ibreve;n), n. [L. cutis skin, outside.] (Bot.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
Cu`tin*i*za"tion (k?`t?n-?-z?"sh?n), n. (Bot.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.
Cu"tin*ize (k?"t?n-?z), v. t. & i. To change into cutin.
||Cu"tis (k?"t?s), n. [L. See Cuticle.] (Anat.) See Dermis.
Cut"lass (kŭt"las), n.; pl. Cutlasses (- &ebreve;z). [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cultellus a small knife, dim. of culter knife. See Colter, and cf. Curtal ax.] A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
Cutlass fish, (Zo÷l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichiurus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.
Cut"ler (kŭt"l&etilde;r), n. [OE. coteler, F. coutelier, LL. cultellarius, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass.] One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.
Cut"ler*y (kŭt"l&etilde;r*&ybreve;), n. 1. The business of a cutler.