Index of English words, starting with "cu"

(1) - Cutty (n.) A light or unchaste woman.
(2) - Cutty (n.) A short tobacco pipe.
(3) - Cutty (n.) A short spoon.

(1) - Cutwater (n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
(2) - Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
(3) - Cutwater (n.) The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

(1) - Cutwork (n.) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.