tocut

verb

tocut

verb

Etymology From Middle English to-kutten, *tocutten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + cut.

1

Obsolete To cut to pieces; hew asunder.

  • The Cassydonyens..were slayne and all to-cutte and clouen.1490, Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxviii. 141
  • His leaues be ashe colour, and all to cut.1578, H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xcvi. 277
1 more example
  • Out went our light armed companies,..and all to cut and hacked them.1609, P. Holland tr. A. Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. iii. 264

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