tocut

English

Alternative forms

• to-cut, to cut

Etymology

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• cutto