abacinate

Definition

To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes

Etymology

From Late Latin abacinātus, perfect passive participle of abacinō; possibly formed from ab (“off”) + bacīnum (“a basin”) or bacīnus. Probably cognate with modern Italian abbacinare (“to dazzle”).

Example Sentences

• ""You young scapegrace," said Dandolo, "I will myself abacinate you — in the Venetian way." "How's that?" "Blind your eyes with the glare, not of hot irons, but of new ducats. Count your pile.""
• "Their straining eyes abacinated by the cup of terror, their throats stopped, their powers dead within them, they hung breathless, motionless."
• "Abacinate, eyes that bleed, praying for the end of your wide awake nightmare."