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discind

verb /dɪˈsɪnd/

  1. To divide or split (something).

    obsolete, transitive

    [W]e found […] ſeveral ſuch Concretions as to bigneſs and ſhape, but ſo ſoft, that vve could eaſily cruſh and diſcind them betvvixt our fingers.

Where it comes from

From Latin discindo, from dis- + scindo (“to cut, split”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry discind (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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