discind

English

Etymology

From Latin discindo, from dis- + scindo (“to cut, split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪnd/

Verb

discind (third-person singular simple present discinds, present participle discinding, simple past and past participle discinded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To divide or part (something).
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1669, →OCLC, page 87:

     [W]e found […] ſeveral ſuch Concretions as to bigneſs and ſhape, but ſo ſoft, that vve could eaſily cruſh and diſcind them betvvixt our fingers.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “discind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)