Forcarve

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forkerven, from Old English forceorfan (“to cut through, cut off, cut away, cut down”), equivalent to for- + carve.

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