n. [ L. cutis skin, outside. ] (Plant Physiol.) A waxy substance containing fatty acids, soaps, and resinous material which, combined with cellulose, forms a substance nearly impervious to water and constituting the cuticle in plants. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Bot.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To change into cutin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. putting a condemned person to death.