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||Cu*nette" (k&usl;*n&ebreve;t"),
n. [F.] (Fort.) A drain trench, in
a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.

Cun"ner (k?n"n?r), n. [Cf.
Conner.] (Zoöl.) (a) A
small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus
adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall,
blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also
conner.] (b) A small shellfish; the
limpet or patella.

Cun"ning (kŭn"n&ibreve;ng),
a. [AS. cunnan to know, to be able. See
1st Con, Can.] 1. Knowing;
skillful; dexterous. "A cunning workman." Ex.
xxxviii. 23.

"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white

Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.

Shak.

Esau was a cunning hunter.

Gen xxv. 27.

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