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curtelace
† curtelace Obs. Also 6 curtilace, 7 curtelas, -lasse, courtelace, courtlace, courtlas, curtlas. [A variant of coutelace, 16th c. F. coutelas. It is doubtful whether the r represents an earlier l (coultelas, cf. It. coltellaccio), or arises from phonetic corruption, or popular etymology.] A kind of ...
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courtelaxe
courtelace, courtelage, courtelax(e obs. ff. curtelace, curtilage, curtal-ax.
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cutlass
cutlass, n. (ˈkʌtləs) Forms: 6 coutelace, 7 coutelas, cuttelas, cuttleass, 8 cutlace, 7– cutlass. Also corruptly β. 7 cutleax, cuttleaxe, cotellax; γ. 8– cutlash. [a. F. coutelas, augm. of couteau (coutel) knife; cognate with It. coltellaccio: Lat. type *cultellāceum. The original coutel-as, coutel-...
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curtal-ax
† ˈcurtal-ax, -axe Obs. exc. Hist. (or arch.). Forms: 6–7 curtleax(e, 6 curtilax, 6–7 courtelax(e, curtelax(e, 7 curt-, courtlax, curtelaxe, courtle-axe, cortelax, 6–9 curtle-ax(e, curtle axe, 8– curtal-axe. [A much perverted form of the word cutlass n. (in 16th c. coutelas, coutelase, cuttleass, et...
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