† secturen.
Obsolete. rare.
A section, cutting, incision.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [noun]
section1559
dissection1611
secturea1643
chopping1725
severization1849
sectioning1887
a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. O3 v Thus would his Horse and all his vectures, Reduc'd to figures, and to sectures, Produce new Diagrams and Lectures.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Bi Insects, are all little animals whose bodies are divided by several cuts as 'twere and sectures.
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n.a1643- boil one's cabbage twice
- boil one's lobster
- boil over
- boil seethe a wallop
- boil soft
- boil something soft
- boil the billy
- boil the pot
- boil to mash
- boil up
- boil wash
- boil, roast, or wash a stone
- boil-off
- boil-up
- boil-wash
- boilable
- boiled
- boiled brains
- boiled crow
- boiled custard
- boiled dinner
- boiled down
- boiled lobster
- boiled oil
- boiled over