tocut en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English to-kutten, *tocutten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + cut.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To cut to pieces; hew asunder.
The Cassydonyens..were slayne and all to-cutte and clouen.
1490, Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxviii. 141Out went our light armed companies,..and all to cut and hacked them.
1609, P. Holland tr. A. Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. iii. 264His leaues be ashe colour, and all to cut.
1578, H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xcvi. 277
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tocuts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| to cut | alternative | lexicographic | |
| to-cut | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tocutting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tocut | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tocut | Tense=Past | lexicographic |