† dismembrationn.
Obsolete.
= dismemberment n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > action of
dismemberingc1386
mutilating1562
laming1583
dismembration1597
mutilation1611
dismemberment1815
1597 ed. Sc. Acts, Jas. IV §28 (heading) Anent man-slayers taken, or fugitive: and of Demembration.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 175 A very maimed and mangled dismembration and deartuation, rather then division and distribution of it.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. vi. 173 Prosecuted on the lesser offence..usque ad mutilationem, even to dismemberation.
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