tocut

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Etymology

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

Verb

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tocut (third-person singular simple present tocuts, present participle tocutting, simple past and past participle tocut)

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

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