Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuttoe
Literary usage of Cuttoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1772 Joshua Gardner sells "Thimbles, cuttoe knives, &c."— Mass. Spy, April 9.
1777 Lost, or Lent.... A neat case of pistols, ..."
2. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus (1913)
"... on his bare knees, and a cuttoe for that purpose (for every Sword or Knife is
not allowable), with a curious superstition and certain postures, ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Eng.), cuttoe (obs. or rare), machete, bolo. 2. blade (contextual); spec, plow
or plough, shears (pi. ..."
4. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1892)
"As to gun locks, I was desired when I was at Annapolis to keep what I had & what
cuttoe knives also. I sent up an account of both viz" 92 gun locks, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... cuttoe, for couteau), and not from the Sp. or It. manto.] 1. A cloak or mantle.
He presents him with a white horse, a manto, or blacke coole [cowl], ..."
6. Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road by Henry Addington Bruce (1910)
"For this hazardous service Cocke promptly offered himself, and, "fixed off with
a good Queen Anne's musket, plenty of ammunition, a tomahawk, a large cuttoe ..."
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