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Webster 1913 Edition


Cultrivorous

Cul-triv′o-rous

(k?l-tr?b′?-r?s)
,
Adj.
[L.
culter
,
cultri
, knife +
vorare
to devour.]
Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; – applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity.
Dunglison.