becarve
verbEtymology From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), equivalent to be- + carve. Cognate with Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”).
1
Obsolete To cut off.
2
Obsolete To cut up; cut open; open up.
3
To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve.