obtruncate

present singular third person obtruncates · participle present obtruncating · participle past obtruncated · past obtruncated

1. obsoleteTo truncate or lop the head off, to decapitate (also figurative).First known use 1599–1885

   obtruncated petals

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   Rustic chairs and benches are scattered about, some of them ponderously fashioned out of the stumps of obtruncated trees, and others more artfully made with intertwining branches, or perhaps an imitation of such frail handiwork in iron.

   1863, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chapter 1, Consular Experiences”, in Our Old Home