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58 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.
CUT, v. to hasten away.
Often used in the phrase 'cut thy stick,' meaning run away; be off.'
CUT, sb. a canal.
CUTEAU, sb. a large clasp-knife. '
CUT HIS STICKS.
A man is said to cut his sticks when he decamps or runs away.
CUTLING, sb. the art of making cutlery.
' When he wrought at cut ling mere twelves made him sick,'
Mather's Songs, 66.
CUTS, sb. //.lots.
'To draw cuts' is to draw lots. 'To draw cutte, sortiri, consorting Cath. Angl.
CUTS, sb. a dray or wagon to lead wood on. CUTTLE-HEADED, adj. foolish. H.
