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58 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.

CUT, v. to hasten away.

Often used in the phrase 'cut thy stick,' meaning run away; be off.'

CUT, sb. a canal.

CUTEAU, sb. a large clasp-knife. '

CUT HIS STICKS.

A man is said to cut his sticks when he decamps or runs away.

CUTLING, sb. the art of making cutlery.

' When he wrought at cut ling mere twelves made him sick,'

Mather's Songs, 66.

CUTS, sb. //.lots.

'To draw cuts' is to draw lots. 'To draw cutte, sortiri, consorting Cath. Angl.

CUTS, sb. a dray or wagon to lead wood on. CUTTLE-HEADED, adj. foolish. H.