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conscindere

conscindere [CL (?) conf. w.2 concidere] , to tear to bits, cut up. b to plough (fig.). c to wear out. V. Ed. Conf. 45 (v. chlamys a); veste pannosa et conscissa Gosc. Wulfh. 9; nisi ‥ talem soccum induisset, non fuisset saccus ejus conscissus H. Bos. LM 1344C; canini ‥ qui cibaria ~unt necnon et acuti aculei qui concisa comminuunt R. Cold. Osw. 51; de pisce mortuo aliquot sibi frusta conscidit R. Cold. Godr. 12; s1254 Angli vix se continuerunt quin, conserto agmine in Pictavenses, omnes in frusta conscidissent M. Par. Maj. V 442; 1524 cultellus ad pannos ~endos Cant. Coll. Ox. I 69.  b agrum Dei vomere linguae viriliter conscidistis (Benedictus) Ep. Anselm. (227) IV 132.  c miles ‥ febrium grassatione conscissus Gosc. Mir. Iv. lxxxii.

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