See Also: cutlass(dictionary)
cutlass(dictionary)

nitrosate (iou) and cutlass (iou)


nitrosate (iou)



nitrosate verb trans. E20.
[from NITROS(O- + -ATE3.]
Chemistry. Introduce a nitroso group into (a compound).
nirosatable adjective L20.
nitro'sation noun E20.

cutlass (iou)



cutlass noun. L16.
[French coutelas from Proto-Romance, from Latin cultellus (see CUTLER) + augm. suffix -aceum: cf. CURTAL-AXE.]
A short sword with a flat slightly curved blade, esp. that with which sailors were formerly armed; a machete.
Comb.: cutlass-fish any of various long slender marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, with long jaws and sharp teeth; esp. Trichiurus lepturus, a silvery-coloured fish of the Atlantic, caught for Food in the tropics.