serratio

serratio [LL], (act or process of) sawing; b (as method of execution); c (in surgery). ~o ‥ sive operacio serre Siccav. PN 71; 1317 in sarracione et in carpentacione Rec. Leic. I 306; a1337 in saracione lignorum pro porta facienda DCCant. DE/3 f. 2; 1416 in ~one tabularum et cariacione meremii Ac. Durh. 613; 1476 pro sarracione asserum pro bokebordes magnorum librorum librarie DCCant. DE/54; 1533 cum sarratione, erectione, et removendo veteris maeremii Comp. Swith. 219.  b sacri vatis nova serratio J. Howd. Ph. 489.  c pupillaris cycli serratio J. Howd. Ph. 324.