Dictionary entry

Incise

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐cise″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Incised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Incising.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See Incide.]

1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

I on thy grave this epitaph incise. T. Carew.

2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.