abacinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
    • The prisoners were abacinated by their captors

WordNet

A*bac"i*nate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. abacinatus, p.p. of abacinare; ab off + bacinus a basin.
Definitions
  1. To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. R.

Webster 1913