Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Catechu.
- noun Same as quitch-grass, Triticum repens.
- noun A block of paper or vellum, between the leaves of which gold-leaf is placed to be beaten.
- noun Same as
cultch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
catechu . - noun (Zoöl.) See
cultch .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical a
preservative , made fromcatechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of asail - noun zoology Alternative form of
cultch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And the terms "terra japonica and catechu" are hereby transferred from schedule D to schedule E, they being considered in commerce as the same articles of merchandize as cutch, which is enumerated in schedule E of said act.
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E.g. pukka road, a macadam surface, cutch road, a mere track.
Fiancée 2010
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But now, "he wagged his head again," these are cutch-sahibs, not pakka-sahibs - and the English common soldiers are no better.
Fiancée 2010
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E.g. pukka road, a macadam surface, cutch road, a mere track.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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But now, "he wagged his head again," these are cutch-sahibs, not pakka-sahibs - and the English common soldiers are no better.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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But now, "he wagged his head again," these are cutch-sahibs, not pakka-sahibs — and the English common soldiers are no better.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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E.g. pukka road, a macadam surface, cutch road, a mere track.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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Add 6 oz. fustic or 1 oz. flavin to cutch bath, re-enter cotton.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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These proportions can be varied according to the shade of grey required; the more iron makes the colour browner, the more cutch the bluer grey.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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All shades of brown may be obtained by decreasing or increasing the amount of cutch or by adding a little logwood or fustic, in which latter case the cotton should have been previously mordanted.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
bilby commented on the word cutch
Do we have a list of preservatives? (Apart from Pro's condom-free zone)
January 5, 2011