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Definition of Cutty
1. a. Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark.
2. n. A short spoon.
Definition of Cutty
1. Adjective. (context: Scotland Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutty
1. a thickset girl [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutty
Literary usage of Cutty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"I'm no вас scant of clean pipes, as to blaw with a brunt cutty. ... cutty-BROWN, t.
Apparently a designation for a brown horse that is crop-eared, ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"cutty-BROWN, l. Apparently a designation for a brown horse that is crop-eared,
... cutty-mim, if denoting a spoon with a very short handle, as its connexion ..."
3. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc. by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin, George Paton (1870)
"ANDRO and his cutty Gun. BLYTH, blyth, blyth was fhe, Blyth was fhe butt and
ben ; And weel fhe ... to heeze up our hope, Young ANDRO wi' his cutty gun. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"I'm no sae scant o' clean pipes as to blaw wi' a burnt cutty. ... Her cutty sark,
o' Paisley harn, That when a lassie she had worn, In longitude though ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"What did ye wi' your wedding ring, ye What did ye wi' the bridal ring — bridal
little cutty quean, О ? ..."
6. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"... cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys owre * dear, Remember
Tarn o' ... cutty ..."
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