abscindedadj.
/əbˈsɪndᵻd/, /abˈsɪndᵻd/, U.S. /æbˈsɪndᵻd/ Now rare.
Cut off, detached, separated.
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1674 W. Charleton Nat. Hist. Passions 8 Whether..it be inferrible, or not, that in the abscinded head of the beast there remained anything of Anger and Revenge.
a1734 R. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 158 The worst Grievance [of the shrievalty] was the Executioner coming to him for Orders, touching the abscinded Members, and to know where to dispose of them.
1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China I. ix. 430 By the art of dwarfing, an abscinded branch committed to the earth, continues still to fructify.
1851 Times 12 July 5/4 They..cut off the heads withal of any neighbours they can catch, and these abscinded members they have an ugly fashion of smoking and curing.
1913 G. F. Moore Hist. Relig. I. xvii. 433 From the froth of the abscinded member cast into the sea, [springs] the ‘foam-born’ goddess, Aphrodite.
2002 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 1591 Occasionally the abscinded stamens remained wedged among the petals, but were easily dislodged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1674- to get one's etc into gear
- to get one's eye in
- to get one's eye well in
- to get one's eyeball on
- to get one's eyes in
- to get one's eyes well in
- to get one's fairing
- to get one's faring
- to get one's feet under the table
- to get one's feet wet
- to get one's fingers burnt
- to get one's flannels
- to get one's foot in the door
- to get one's freak on
- to get one's greens
- to get one's hair off
- to get one's hand in
- to get one's hands on
- to get one's hands to
- to get one's hands upon
- to get one's head around
- to get one's head down
- to get one's head handed to one
- to get one's head out of one's arse
- to get one's head out of one's ass