† detrunkv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cut off, lop off.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off
becarveOE
carvec1000
hewc1000
shredc1275
cuta1300
chapc1325
cleavec1330
off-shearc1330
withscore1340
to cut offc1380
colea1400
slivea1400
to score awayc1400
abscisea1500
discidea1513
sharea1529
off-trenchc1530
off-hewc1540
pare1549
detrench1553
slice?1560
detrunk1566
sneck1578
resect1579
shred1580
curtail1594
off-chop1594
lop?1602
disbranch1608
abscind1610
snip1611
circumcise1613
desecate1623
discerpa1628
amputate1638
absciss1639
prescind1640
notch1820
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gvjv When she of dolefull chylde, The head detruncte dyd beare about.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 80 This Petition they thought would detrunck too much and some thought strike at the very root of that Prerogative.
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