† forˈcut, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 forkutte, pa. pple. 4–5 forkute, -kytte: see cut v.
[f. for- prefix1 + cut v.]
trans. To cut into, cut in pieces; to injure by cutting.
| c 1386 Chaucer Manciple's T. 236 As a swerd for-kutteth and for-kerueth An Arm atwo. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 153 Þe burgeys sone þat he had i-slawe for⁓kutte his wombe wiþ a knyf. 1398 ― Barth. De P.R. (1495) xvii. xcii. 660 Letuse..heelyth synewes that are for⁓kytte. 1440 J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 19 The Kyng strogild with hem, for to have berevyd thame thare knyvys; by the which labur his handis wer all forkute. |