Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut or lop off; deprive of a limb; lop.
- Lopped or cut off short; truncated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To deprive of a limb; to lop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
deprive of alimb ; tolop .
Etymologies
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Latin obtruncatus, past participle of obtruncare.
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reesetee commented on the word obtruncate
Behead.
February 12, 2008