Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīlacerāte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīlacerāte adj. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Of flesh, a wound: torn asunder, lacerated.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)55a/b : Suture seruatyue..is conuenient to wondez dilacerate [*Ch.(2): torne woundes; L vulneribus dilaceratis] & in which þe flesh is loste.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)62a/a : If þe flesh were mych dilacerate i. rent..be þe lippez sowed with a laxe suture retentyue.