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Definition of Cutch
1. Noun. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
Definition of Cutch
1. n. See Catechu.
2. n. See Cultch.
Definition of Cutch
1. Noun. (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail ¹
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Definition of Cutch
1. catechu [n -ES] - See also: catechu
Medical Definition of Cutch
1. Black catechu, an extract of the heart wood of Acacia catechu (family Leguminosae), used as an astringent in diarrhoea. Synonym: cutch. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutch
Literary usage of Cutch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"Lastly, the portion nearer the Indian Ocean and separated from it by the
crescent-shaped, elevated territory of cutch was the " Runn. ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"1 spent some months in cutch ami on the shores of the Ean, and will endeavour in
this paper to briefly ..."
3. Travels Into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool by Alexander Burnes (1834)
"Of the Run of cutch I am not aware of any other account having been published,
... IN the north-western extremity of our Indian cutch, iu possessions, ..."
4. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social: From the First by Henry Beveridge (1862)
"The native state of cutch, consisting of a kind of peninsula, connected with
Scinde on the north and with Gujerat on the east by a veiy extensive salt marsh ..."
5. Speeches by George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon (1902)
"E., brother of the Rao of cutch, the acting Political Agent, Lieutenant-Colonel
Snell, and other cutch officials. The party proceeded at one? by carriages, ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The dominant race is a Rajpoot tribe, formerly noted for their almost universal
practice of female infanticide. cutch, GULF OF, an arm of the Arabian sea, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"2 cutch. „ Alizarin orange on Cr mordant, alizarin red ' or purpurin on Cr. ,1
... cutch (para red coppered). ..."