cuticule, n.f., (anat., bot.) cuticle.
cutter (-tèr), n.m., (—s) (nav.) cutter.
cuvage, n.m., (tech.) fermenting (of wine); place where wine is fermented.
cuve, n.f., tub, vat, copper. — de brasseur; brewing-vat. — matière; mash-tub. Fossé a fond de cuve; (fort.) flat-bottomed ditch. À fond de —; (fig.) thoroughly, exhaustively. — de bain; bathing-tub.
cuveau, n.m., small vat, small tub; (min.) corf, cage, kiddle-outright.
cuvée, n.f., tubful; vatful; (fam.) sort, kind, quality. En voici d’une autre —; here’s one of another sort for you.
cuvelage (kuv-laj), n.m., lining, casing; tubbing (mines).
cuveler (kuv-lé), v.a., to tub (mines); to line, to case.
cuver, v.n., to work, to ferment, to settle.
cuver, v.a., to appease; to calm; to sleep off the effects of wine. — son vin; to sleep one’s self sober.