† garsingn.
Obsolete.
The action of garse v.
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bita1000
kerfc1000
slittingc1175
carving?c1225
chop1362
cuttinga1398
hacking1398
scissure?a1425
garsingc1440
racing?a1450
incision1474
secting1507
raze1530
chopping1548
scotching1551
hackling1564
slashing1596
carbonadoing1599
kinsing1599
insection1653
secation1656
scission1676
gash1694
inciding1694
haggling1761
cut1808
shear1809
carve1888
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186/2 Garcynge, scarificacio, inscisio.
a1450 MS. Bodl. 423 lf. 208 a By medicyn outher by bledynge Bledyng I say either by veyne or by garsyng.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxv v/2 In that tyme [sc. winter] men shulde lete them bloode in ther bodys by garsinge.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Niij Some [ventoses] be with garsynge, and other without scaryfycacyon.
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