In 5 cutellerie. [a. OF. coutelerie (mod.F. coutellerie) cutler’s art, cutlery, f. coutelier CUTLER: see -ERY.]

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  a.  The art or trade of the cutler. b. collect. Articles made or sold by cutlers, as knives, scissors, etc. Also attrib.

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c. 1449.  Pecock, Repr., I. x. 50. As thouȝ therfore sporiorie and cutellerie entermeeneden and enterfereden with gold smyth craft … The al hool craft of cutleri.

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1624.  in Harper’s Mag. (1884), June, 72/2. The makers of knives, sickles, shears, scissors, and other cutlery wares.

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1792.  A. Young, Trav. France, 49. There is a considerable cutlery manufacture.

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1846.  M’Culloch, Acc. Brit. Empire (1854), I. 599. The manufacture of hardware and cutlery at Birmingham, Sheffield, &c.

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