cuchiello
Appearance
Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuchiello m (plural cuchiellos)
- knife
- Idem, 89r.
- Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, [sic] ⁊ demas aguza los.
- And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.