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Abacinate

A*bac"i*nate\ ([.a]*b[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [LL. abacinatus, p. p. of abacinare; ab off + bacinus a basin.] To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]
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abacinate

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