'A kind of openwork
embroidery
or lace
worn in the latter part of the 16th and in the 17th c.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
=Custard=, _n._ ?'Formerly, a kind of open pie containing pieces of
meat or fruit covered with a preparation of broth or milk, thickened
with eggs, sweetened, and seasoned with spices, etc.' _NED._ 1. 1. 97.
=Cutpurse=, _n._ One who steals by cutting purses; hence, a thief.
1. 1. 140.
=Cut-work=, _n._ ?1.
'A kind of openwork
embroidery
or lace
worn in the latter part of the 16th and in the 17th c.
' _NED._
2. 1. 163; 3. 3. 23.
?2. _attrib._ 1. 1. 128. cut-worke.
