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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CULLET

Cul "let (kl "lt ), n. Etym: [From Cull, v. t. ]

 

Defn: Broken glass for remelting.

 

CULLET

Cul "let, n. Etym: [A dim. from F. cul back. ]

 

Defn: A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cullet

cul let |ˈkələt ˈkələt | ▶noun recycled broken or waste glass used in glassmaking. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense ‘glass left on the blowing iron when the finished article is removed. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

cullet

cullet |ˈkʌlɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] recycled broken or waste glass used in glass-making. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense ‘glass left on the blowing-iron when the finished article is removed ’.