cultratedadj.
/kʌlˈtreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈkəlˌtreɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Zoology (now disused).
Formed like the blade of a knife; sharp-edged; = cultrate adj.
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 385 The beak of the Corvus is of a convex and cultrated form.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 65 The bill is strong..the edges are thin, and sharp or cultrated.
1836 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Ruminating Animals (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia IV) II. 135 Horns twenty-two inches along the curve... They are uncompressed, triangular, broadly convexed to the front, and cultrated to the back.
1884 J. A. Murray Vertebr. Zool. Sind 315 Bill moderate, strong, compressed, cultrated, bent down at the tip.
1903 Illustr. Catal. Hand & Power Pumps (W. & B. Douglas) 20 Standard or upper section only, Fig. 325, tapped for 1¼-in. pipe (Cultrated), $6.00.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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