different between cuttie vs cuttle

English

Etymology

cut +? -ie

Noun

cuttie (plural cutties)

1. (slang, surfing) A cutback.
2. (colloquial) A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.
3. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of cutty Someone or something common and short or small.
4. (Scotland, archaic) A hare.
5. (Scotland, archaic) The Black Guillemot.

Derived terms

• cuttie-boyn
• cuttie-clap
• cuttie's-fud

Adjective

cuttie (comparative more cuttie, superlative most cuttie)

1. (Scotland) Short, shortened or small. Alternative spelling of cutty

References

• John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [1]

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t?l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudil?, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -il?, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew-, *g?- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod +? -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. Synonym of cuttlefish

Etymology 2

From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. See cutlass.

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. (obsolete) A knife.

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Etymology 3

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.

Anagrams

• cutlet