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To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

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  1. v. t. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
  2. v. t. To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
  3. v. remove surgically
  4. 1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils. 2. (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part (of the body). Wiseman.
  5. To cut off (a limb or projecting part (of the body). Wiseman.
  6. v:100 v. remove surgically