obduct

verb — 2 senses

obduct

verb

/ɒbˈdʌkt/

Etymology See obduce.

1

Obsolete To draw over; to cover.

  • men are left-handed when ever it happeneth that the Heart and Liver are seated on the left for when the liver is on the right side, yet so obducted and covered with thick skins.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
2

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences To push over or on top of, such as one tectonic plate being pushed over another.

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obduction

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