The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abscind
Abscind \Ab*scind"\, v. t. [L. absindere; ab + scindere to rend,
cut. See Schism.]
To cut off. [R.] ``Two syllables . . . abscinded from the
rest.''
--Johnson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
abscind
1650s, from Latin abscindere "to cut off" (see abscissa). Related: Abscinded; abscinding.
Wiktionary
abscind
vb. (context transitive archaic English) To cut off. (First attested in the early 17th century.)(R:SOED5: page=8)