Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut through; cut completely; cut off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cut completely; to cut off.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
cut through,cut completely; tocarve up ; tocut off .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forkerven, from Old English forceorfan ("to cut through, cut off, cut away, cut down"), equivalent to for- + carve.
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