v. Obs. Forms: see CUT v. [f. TO-2 + CUT v.] trans. To cut to pieces, to hew asunder; to cut greatly.
1382. Wyclif, 1 Chron. xx. 3. Thei weren al to-kut and to-brosed alle.
1482. Caxton, Trevisa’s Higden, III. xxxiv. 161. Lete slee somme of the oxen,… and to kytte [Trevisa kutte] reynes of the skynnes to teye with other oxen. Ibid. (c. 1489), Blanchardyn, xxxviii. 141. The Cassydonyens … were slayne and all to-cutte and clouen.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, II. xcvi. 277. His leaues be ashe colour, and all to cut.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., XXV. iii. 264. Out went our light armed companies,… and all to cut and backed them.
