Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut off.
- To cut up or open (land).
- To cut to pieces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
cut off . - verb transitive, obsolete (land) To
cut up ; cut open;open up . - verb transitive To
cut ; carve or cut up; cut in pieces;carve .
Etymologies
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From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beceorfan ("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").
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