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Cutlas

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cutlassnoun(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

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cutlashnoun(dialectal) Obsolete form of cutlass. [(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.]
curtle-axenounObsolete form of cutlass. [(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.]
cutternounA person or device that cuts (in various senses).
curtalnoun(music) An early type of bassoon.
cutwaternounA black skimmer; a sea bird of the species Rynchops niger, that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish.
clippernoun(chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
cutlass bearingnoun(nautical) A bearing on the drive shaft of a vessel, usually made of brass with an inner grooved rubber lining that is lubricated by the surrounding water entering the grooves as it rotates. It is a variant of the stave bearing.
clewnounYarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
coltnounA young male horse.
frigotnounObsolete form of frigate. [(nautical) Any of several types of warship:]
calaluznoun(obsolete) A swift rowing boat used in the Indian Archipelago.
race knifenoun(chiefly nautical) A kind of knife hooked at the point, used for marking outlines on metal, wood, etc.
swordboatnounA swordfishing boat.
galbatnounAlternative form of gallivat. [(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.]
lugsailnounA quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.
cartelnoun(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
chutenounA framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
vessailnounObsolete form of vessel. [A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.]
bladenounThe (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
squaresailnoun(nautical) Alternative form of square sail. [(nautical) A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships.]

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