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单词 cutlery
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cutleryn.

Brit. /ˈkʌtləri/, U.S. /ˈkətləri/
Forms: In Middle English cutellerie.
Etymology: < Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie ) cutler's art, cutlery, < coutelier cutler n.: see -ery suffix.
a. The art or trade of the cutler.
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c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 Sporiorie and Cutellerie entermeeneden and enterfereden with goldsmyth craft..The al hool craft of cutleri.
b. collective. Articles made or sold by cutlers, as knives, scissors, etc. Also attributive.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by other specific traders
cutlery1624
saltery ware1628
millinery1676
ironmongery1711
hardware1723
cheesemongery1760
confectionery1769
hosiery1790
hattery1824
drysaltery1847
shoemercery1862
drapery1897
the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery
cutlery1624
knife and fork1727
flatware1874
iron1905
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > cutlery and blade making
cutlery1624
cutling1645
sword-cutlery1837
1624 in Harper's Mag. (1884) June 72/2 The makers of knives, sickles, shears, scissors, and other cutlery wares.
1787 A. Young Jrnl. 3 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 49 There is a considerable cutlery manufacture.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. ii. 3 The manufacture of hardware and cutlery at Birmingham, Sheffield, &c.

Draft additions September 2016

knives, forks, spoons, etc., used for eating or serving food; a set of table utensils of this kind.In earlier examples, difficult to distinguish from sense b.
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1821 Imperial Mag. Aug. 772 Mr Underwood..supplied the immense quantity of cutlery, which amounted to 8,000 knives and 8,000 forks, 650 pairs of carvers [etc.]
1898 London Mercury 10 Dec. 6/4 Among other [wedding] presents were..: Mr Henry and Misses Williamson, canteen of cutlery and poultry carvers.
1955 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 198/1 The golden rule to remember regarding the cutlery is that you start on the outside and work inwards.
1989 Sunday Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 29 Jan. A wooden cutlery box to take a cutlery set for six people.
2013 Waitrose Weekend 9 May 3/3 A spife is a new piece of cutlery ideal for eating avocados.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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