▪ I. incide, v.1 ? Obs.
(ɪnˈsaɪd)
Also 6 (erron.) inscide, inscyde.
[ad. L. incīdĕre to cut into, f. in- (in-2) + cædĕre to cut; cf. incise v.]
1. Surg. (trans. or intr.) To cut into, cut, make incision.
| 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 16 b/2 The Needle..inscideth with her edges. Ibid. 31 b/1 They first inscyded the skinne wherwith the varix is covered. 1743 tr. Heister's Gen. Syst. Surg. (1750) 425 Takes a Lancet and therewith cautiously incides through the Cornea. 1784 Cook 3rd Voy. iii. ix. (R.), Cutting or inciding the fore-skin. 1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Africa etc. xviii. 258 After having incided with an ordinary knife, they sear the wound with an hot iron. |
† 2. Med. Of the action of internal remedies: To sever, loosen, disperse, resolve (a viscid humour, phlegm in the chest, etc.); = cut v. 10. Obs.
| 1612 Enchir. Med. 89 It doth incide and attenuate, and by his drinesse doth resolue. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 92 Such Medicines are convenient, as incide the cold and viscous humours. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Those medicines are said to incide which consist of pointed and sharp particles; as acids and most salts. 1797 J. Downing Disord. Horned Cattle 30 These medicines..infallibly incide and remove heavy slime, and putrid matter. |
▪ II. incide, v.2 rare.
(ɪnˈsaɪd)
[ad. L. incidĕre to fall upon, f. in- (in-2) + cadĕre to fall; cf. incident a.1]
intr. To fall upon; to have incidence.
| a 1774 Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) II. 393 The ray C inciding still less obliquely..will be less refracted. 1855 M. Bridges Pop. Mod. Hist. 423 The cruel inequality with which the gabelle incided upon certain rural districts. |