v. arch. [ad. L. abscindĕre to tear or cut off, f. ab off, away + scindĕre to tear, rend.] To cut off. lit. and fig.
1657. Phys. Dict., Abscinded, cut off.
1731. Bailey, Abscind, to cut off.
1750. Johnson, Rambler, No. 90, ¶ 9. When two syllables likewise are abscinded from the rest, they evidently want some associate sounds to make them harmonious.
1861. Hook, Lives of Archbps., I. iii. 145. The flowing locks at the back of his head were abscinded.
