▪ I.scind,v.rare.|sɪnd| [ad. F. scinder, or its source L. scind-ĕre: see scission.] trans. To divide, make a scission in. 1870Baring-Gould Orig. & Dev. Rel. Belief II. ii. 25 A fatal mistake to scind what is by its nature indivisible. ▪ II.scind variant of synd v. dial., to rinse.