abscindere

abscindere [CL] , to cut off (prob. conf. w. abscidere). b (geom.). c (fig.) to cut short, bring to a halt. d to rescind. asseveravit quod linguam propriam, nisi dimitteretur, ~eret Gir. GE I 49; [naute] muniti sint ‥ securi, ut malus ~i possit tempestate emergente Neckam Ut. 114; 1221 nasus ei fuit abscissus et unum ex labris ‥ et virilia ejus abscissa PlCrGlouc 106; 14‥ debet ~i una auris eorum per judicium datum Cust. Fordwich 30 p. 273. b ex utroque latere ~etur aliquid de diametro Bacon Maj. I 159. c omne tedium prolixitatis ~o P. Blois Ep. 39 p. 119c; motus contrarii penes terminos quando veniunt ad eos ~untur per quietem Bacon II 335. d 1565 illa statuta que pertinent ad missas [etc.] ‥ prorsus ~imus et amputamus StatOx 385.

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