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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1825
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†CUTLE, CUTHIL, v. and n.
1. v. In phr. to cutle corn, to move corn to a more favourable or more convenient spot (Per. 1808 Jam., cuthil).w.Lth. 1825 Jam.2:
When a farmer is in haste to plough a field newly reaped, and finds that the corn stands in his way . . . if he carries it off, and gets it up in a small space, he may be said to cutle it. The term, indeed, necessarily includes the idea of confining the corn to a smaller space than that which it formerly occupied.
2. n. The corn thus removed (Per. 1825 Jam.2; w.Lth. Ib.).
[Phs. conn. with Cuittle, v.1]
