cutling

English

Etymology

Compare cuttle (“a knife”), and see -ing.

Noun

cutling (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The art of making edged tools or cutlery.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     I would not undervalue the depth of his Notion; but perhaps he had heard that the Men of Toledo had store of good blade Mettle, and were excellent at Cutling

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cutling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)