What does cuttle mean?
Definitions for cuttle
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Princeton's WordNet
cuttlefish, cuttlenoun
ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CUTTLEnoun
A fish, which, when he is pursued by a fish of prey, throws out a black liquor, by which he darkens the water and escapes.
It is somewhat strange, that the blood of all birds and beasts, and fishes, should be of a red colour, and only the blood of the cuttle should be as black as ink. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
He that uses many words for the explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttle fish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. John Ray, on the Creation.
Cuttlenoun
A foul mouthed fellow; a fellow who blackens the character of others. Thomas Hanmer
Etymology: from cuttle.
Away, you cutpurse rascal; you filthy bung, away: by this wine I’ll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, if you play the saucy cuttle with me. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.
Wikipedia
Cuttle
Cuttle is a two player card game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards and is the earliest example of a combat card game. The game's earliest confirmed appearance took place in the 1970s, though the exact date of its creation is unknown.
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cuttle
A cuttle is a marine mollusk that belongs to the same family as squids and octopuses. More commonly known as a cuttlefish, it is characterized by a unique internal shell, large eyes, and the ability to change color and pattern. They are known for their intelligence and unique defense mechanism of squirting ink to escape predators.
Webster Dictionary
Cuttlenoun
a knife
Cuttlenoun
alt. of Cuttlefish
Etymology: [OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cuttle
kut′l, n. a kind of mollusc, remarkable for its power of ejecting a black inky liquid—also Cutt′le-fish.—n. Cutt′le-bone, the internal shell or bone of the cuttle-fish, used for making tooth-powder and for polishing the softer metals. [A.S. cudele.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CUTTLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cuttle is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cuttle surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cuttle.
89.4% or 110 total occurrences were White.
7.3% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cuttle in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cuttle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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