dial. [f. as if from a verb to cutle; cf. also CUTTLE sb.2, a knife.
The verb is in common use in south of Scotland in sense ‘to grind or sharpen knives,’ etc., e.g., ‘to send a razor to be cutled.’]
The business or occupation of a cutler, the making of cutlery. Also attrib.
1645. Milton, Colast., Wks. (1851), 357. That the men of Toledo … were excellent at cuttling.
c. 1765. Flloyd, Tartarian T. (1785), 42/2. Not satisfied with his cutling-trade alone.
a. 1804. Mather, Songs (1862), 66 (Sheffield Gloss.), When he wrought at cutling, mere twelves made him sick.
1839. in Bywater, Sheffield Dial. (1877), 40. Cum all yo cutlin heroes … All yo wot works at flat-backs.
