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CUTLASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
Synonyms:
cutlas; cutlass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cutlass" is a kind of...):
blade; brand; steel; sword (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)
Context examples:
Pork, powder, and biscuit was the cargo, with only a musket and a cutlass apiece for the squire and me and Redruth and the captain.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I snatched a cutlass from the pile, and someone, at the same time snatching another, gave me a cut across the knuckles which I hardly felt.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Take a cutlass, him that dares, and I'll see the colour of his inside, crutch and all, before that pipe's empty.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He cleared the hilt of his cutlass and loosened the blade in the sheath; and all the time we were waiting there he kept swallowing as if he felt what we used to call a lump in the throat.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Then all of a sudden there was a tremendous explosion of oaths and other noises—the chair and table went over in a lump, a clash of steel followed, and then a cry of pain, and the next instant I saw Black Dog in full flight, and the captain hotly pursuing, both with drawn cutlasses, and the former streaming blood from the left shoulder.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm, his hat tilted back upon his head.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Of the four who had scaled the palisade, one only remained unaccounted for, and he, having left his cutlass on the field, was now clambering out again with the fear of death upon him.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
After dinner the squire and the doctor sat by the captain's side awhile in consultation; and when they had talked to their hearts' content, it being then a little past noon, the doctor took up his hat and pistols, girt on a cutlass, put the chart in his pocket, and with a musket over his shoulder crossed the palisade on the north side and set off briskly through the trees.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
