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carbonado

UK /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/US /ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/

verb 2
noun 2
forms 4

verb2

•
(old-fashioned) To make a carbonado of; to score and broil.
- Has he bespoke, what will he have a brace, / Or but one Partridge, or a short-leg'd Hen, / Daintyly carbonado'd? — 1615
•
(no longer used) To cut or hack, as in combat.
- Draw you rascall, you bring letters against the King, and take Vanitie the puppets part, against the royaltie of her father, draw you rogue or ile so carbonado your shankes, […] — 1603

noun2

A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.
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(old-fashioned) Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
- Take it vp Villain, and eat it, or I will make thee slice the brawnes of thy armes into carbonadoes, and eat them. — 1587

forms

carbonadoed · carbonadoing · carbonados · carbonadoes

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