laniatev.
/ˈlanɪeɪt/ rare.
transitive. To tear to pieces.
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1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Laniate, to butcher, to cut up, to quarter, to tear in Pieces. (Hence in Johnson 1755; and in later Dicts.)
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiii. 131 Bedded on new made scones and cakes in piles to laniate.
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ˈlaniated adj. (Cockeram 1623).
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