serrare

serrare [LL, cf. CL serratus] 1 to saw; b (wood); c (stone); d (as method of execution). dirigitur accio serre a ~ante Siccav. PN 187.  b et transversis †serraris [l. serratis] trabibus, / clavellaris, rex, cum latronibus J. Howd. Ph. 183; 1296 in mercede duorum sarratorum ~ancium meremium Ac. Galley Newcastle 166; 1297 in bordis ~andis ad ponenda desuper plumbacia Ac. Cornw 65; 1413 solutum ‥ ~ianti meremium pro ostio predicto Rect. Adderbury 8; s1430 inhabitantes ‥ insurrexerunt et tabulas [quercinas] sarraverunt ut lumen solis reciperent (Chr. S. Alb. (1422–31)) Amund. I 47; to saghe a tre, ~are CathA.  c 1329 pro petra sarranda (Works) KR Ac 476/6 (1) (v. 2 serra 1); 1381 in stipendiis latamorum sarancium et cubancium dictam petram DCCant. Bartoner/58; 1448 solvit Willelmo Quarriour et sociis suis ~antibus petram predictam in minores pecias portandas March. S. Wales 227.  d Judei sarraverunt per medium Ysaiam prophetam Brygg Itin. 384. 2 f. l. frigida circumagunt pigri †sarrata [v. l. saraca, i. e. serraca] Boete [= Juv. Sat. 5. 22] Gerv. Melkley AV 214; caput captivari / spinaque †serrari [? l. sertari] / videns deficis J. Howd. Sal. 11. 5.