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Webster 1913 Edition

Cutlass

Cut′lass

(kŭt′las)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cutlasses
(-ĕz)
.
[F.
coutelas
(cf. It.
coltellaccio
), augm. fr. L.
cuttellus
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
.

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