Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
subtle . - To peddle; act as sutler.
- Light; in the light weight previous to the additional goods delivered for tret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
- noun (Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance oftret . - verb To act as
sutler ; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
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Examples
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An suttle them all out there, out of sight out of his an Acorn's way.
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I love how the house is mostly white but it has some huge art and cool suttle wallpaper around.
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How soon hath Time the suttle theef of youth â¨Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth yeer!
John Lundberg: Scholar Unearths a Dirty Milton Poem John Lundberg 2010
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Your partner must be real suttle about doing this.
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I heard the suttle innuendos ... its still all about her.
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Just as long as you say it really suttle like "he's losing his bearings."
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Yes he used underlying themes in his earlier works but they were suttle and fear is what kept my interest of those.
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People can read from truthful person not like Clinton with covered and suttle looking.
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BO made two suttle references to John McCain and the Keaton 5 scandal in the 1980s.
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Everyone loved everything about these cupcakes; the suttle chocolate flavor of the red velvet, the creamy sweet frosting, the slight crunch from the pecans ...
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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