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Gutty vs Cutty - What's the difference?

gutty | cutty |

As adjectives the difference between gutty and cutty

is that gutty is (heraldry) charged or sprinkled with drops or gutty can be gutsy; brave while cutty is (scotland|northern england) short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

As a noun cutty is

(scotland) a short spoon.

gutty

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . Compare (etyl) goutte. Compare guttated.

Alternative forms

* goutty

Adjective

(-)
  • (heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Gutsy; brave.

    • cutty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cuttie

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

    • Derived terms

    * cutty-brown * cutty-gun * cutty-hare * cuttymum * cutty-stoup * cutty-quean

    Noun

    (cutties)
  • (Scotland) A short spoon.
  • (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe.
    • (Ramsay)
  • (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    References

    * John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [http://books.google.com/books?id=UGAJAAAAQAAJ&dq=cutty+cuttie&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0] ----