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cutlery|ˈkʌtlərɪ| In 5 cutellerie. [a. OF. coutelerie (mod.F. coutellerie) cutler's art, cutlery, f. coutelier cutler: see -ery.] a. The art or trade of the cutler. b. collect. Articles made or sold by cutlers, as knives, scissors, etc. Also attrib.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. x. 50 As thouȝ therfore sporiorie and cutellerie entermeeneden and enterfereden with gold smyth craft..The al hool craft of cutleri. 1624in Harper's Mag. (1884) June 72/2 The makers of knives, sickles, shears, scissors, and other cutlery wares. 1792A. Young Trav. France 49 There is a considerable cutlery manufacture. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 599 The manufacture of hardware and cutlery at Birmingham, Sheffield, &c. |