cuttyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkʌti/, U.S.

/ˈkədi/

Etymology: < cut v.

A. adj.

1. Cut short, curtailed, so abnormally short as to appear to have been cut, esp. in certain connections, as cutty knife, cutty pipe (humorously cutty gun), cutty spoon, cutty sark, etc. (in which the two words are often unnecessarily hyphenated). Scottish and northern dialect.

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17.. Old Song, Andro, etc. (Jam.) But wha cam in to heese our hope, But Andro, wi' his cutty-gun?

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn..In longitude tho' sorely scanty.

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 208 (Jam.) He gae to me a cuttie knife, And bade me keep it as my life.

1830 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 238 The man of cutty-spoon and ladle saw his trade interrupted.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 221 Allowed to use his cutty-pipe.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Cutty, short.

†2. In Engraving (see quot. 1660). Obsolete.

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1660 Albert Durer Revived 5 Let nothing be done hard, sharp, or cutty.

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3. ‘Testy, hasty, short of temper’ (Jamieson). Scottish.

4. Capable of cutting, sharp.

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1903 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Sept. 364/1 We'll draw fine, freehand, tribal patterns on their backs with the cutty edges of mussel-shells.

B. n.

a. Short for cutty spoon at sense A. 1. (Scottish)

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17.. Earl Lithgow xlix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 470/1 Bring to me my horn cutties, That I was best used wi.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 116 (Jam.) The green-horn cutties rattling in her lap.

1776 in Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 44 (Jam.) It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon.

b. Short for cutty pipe at sense A. 1.

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1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xvii. 34 I'm no sae scant of clean Pipes as to blaw with a brunt Cutty.

1859 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 74 Either as long clay or as cutty.

1888 ‘M. Robertson’ Lombard St. Myst. xv. 145 Jim coolly seated himself..knocking the ashes of his cutty on the floor.

2. (a) ‘A short stump of a girl. Dumfriesshire’ (Jamieson). (b) A term of reprobation for a testy, or naughty girl or woman; but often used playfully.

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1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 257 He's gaun to be married to Meg Murdieson, ill-fa'ard cuttie as she is.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. xi. 110 The cutty of a servant lass said..with a smile, that Miss Beeny was at home.

1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. viii. 131 To gie her her due, she's cracky, and as for her being a cuttie, you've said so yoursel.

3. A familiar local appellation of some animals:

a. The wren; also cutty-quean, cutty-wren.

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1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 167 Go, pack ye out at my chamber-door, Ye little cutty quean.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cutty, a wren; also called a kitty.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Cuttran, Cutty, a wren. Cutty is the commoner term.

b. The Black Guillemot ( Uria grylle).

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a1808 Fleming Tour in Arran (Jam.) On the passage I observed several Black Guillemots..which the boatmen called cutties.

c. The hare.

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1819 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. July 507 (Jam.) Common Hare.—Maukin, Cuttie.

Compounds

cutty-brown n. a dock-tailed brown horse.

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1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 220 I scoured awa to Edinborow-town; And my cutty-brown together.

cutty grass n. New Zealand (also cuttigrass) = cutting grass n. 1.

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1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants vii. 109 Here is also the home of the sedge family, to which the so-called ‘cutty-grasses’ belong.

1920 J. Mander Story N.Z. River ii. 29 Among the rushes and cuttigrass.

1927 W. H. Guthrie-Smith Birds of Water, Wood & Waste (ed. 2) 162 The nest is planted deep..in the heart of a bunch of cutty grass.

1957 Landfall XI. 213 The cutty grass sawed at her dress.

cutty-stoup n. ‘a pewter vessel holding the eighth part of a chopin or quart’ (Jamieson).

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17.. Song (Jam.) The cuttie-stoup bit hauds a soup, Gae fetch the Hawick gill, O.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cutty
释义	cuttyadj.n. Brit. /ˈkʌti/, U.S. /ˈkədi/ Etymology: < cut v. A. adj. 1. Cut short, curtailed, so abnormally short as to appear to have been cut, esp. in certain connections, as cutty knife, cutty pipe (humorously cutty gun), cutty spoon, cutty sark, etc. (in which the two words are often unnecessarily hyphenated). Scottish and northern dialect. ΚΠ 17.. Old Song, Andro, etc. (Jam.) But wha cam in to heese our hope, But Andro, wi' his cutty-gun? 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn..In longitude tho' sorely scanty. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 208 (Jam.) He gae to me a cuttie knife, And bade me keep it as my life. 1830 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 238 The man of cutty-spoon and ladle saw his trade interrupted. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 221 Allowed to use his cutty-pipe. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Cutty, short. †2. In Engraving (see quot. 1660). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1660 Albert Durer Revived 5 Let nothing be done hard, sharp, or cutty. Categories » 3. ‘Testy, hasty, short of temper’ (Jamieson). Scottish. 4. Capable of cutting, sharp. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] sharpc825 bitel?c1200 keena1225 carving?c1225 fellc1330 trenchantc1330 snarpc1480 cuttinga1533 tart?a1534 undullc1540 steel-sharpa1560 teen1578 unrebated1579 unbated1604 biting1607 eager?1611 unblunted1656 shrewd1878 cutty1903 1903 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Sept. 364/1 We'll draw fine, freehand, tribal patterns on their backs with the cutty edges of mussel-shells. B. n. 1. a. Short for cutty spoon at sense A. 1. (Scottish) ΚΠ 17.. Earl Lithgow xlix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 470/1 Bring to me my horn cutties, That I was best used wi. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 116 (Jam.) The green-horn cutties rattling in her lap. 1776 in Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 44 (Jam.) It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon. b. Short for cutty pipe at sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xvii. 34 I'm no sae scant of clean Pipes as to blaw with a brunt Cutty. 1859 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 74 Either as long clay or as cutty. 1888 ‘M. Robertson’ Lombard St. Myst. xv. 145 Jim coolly seated himself..knocking the ashes of his cutty on the floor. 2. (a) ‘A short stump of a girl. Dumfriesshire’ (Jamieson). (b) A term of reprobation for a testy, or naughty girl or woman; but often used playfully. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 257 He's gaun to be married to Meg Murdieson, ill-fa'ard cuttie as she is. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. xi. 110 The cutty of a servant lass said..with a smile, that Miss Beeny was at home. 1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. viii. 131 To gie her her due, she's cracky, and as for her being a cuttie, you've said so yoursel. 3. A familiar local appellation of some animals: a. The wren; also cutty-quean, cutty-wren. ΚΠ 1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 167 Go, pack ye out at my chamber-door, Ye little cutty quean. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cutty, a wren; also called a kitty. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Cuttran, Cutty, a wren. Cutty is the commoner term. b. The Black Guillemot ( Uria grylle). ΚΠ a1808 Fleming Tour in Arran (Jam.) On the passage I observed several Black Guillemots..which the boatmen called cutties. c. The hare. ΚΠ 1819 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. July 507 (Jam.) Common Hare.—Maukin, Cuttie. Compounds cutty-brown n. a dock-tailed brown horse. ΚΠ 1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 220 I scoured awa to Edinborow-town; And my cutty-brown together. cutty grass n. New Zealand (also cuttigrass) = cutting grass n. 1. ΚΠ 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants vii. 109 Here is also the home of the sedge family, to which the so-called ‘cutty-grasses’ belong. 1920 J. Mander Story N.Z. River ii. 29 Among the rushes and cuttigrass. 1927 W. H. Guthrie-Smith Birds of Water, Wood & Waste (ed. 2) 162 The nest is planted deep..in the heart of a bunch of cutty grass. 1957 Landfall XI. 213 The cutty grass sawed at her dress. cutty-stoup n. ‘a pewter vessel holding the eighth part of a chopin or quart’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 17.. Song (Jam.) The cuttie-stoup bit hauds a soup, Gae fetch the Hawick gill, O. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1660
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