discerp

From Latin discerpere, discerptum, from dis- + carpere (“to pluck”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/

discerp (third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)

1. To tear into pieces; to rend.
   • 1743, William Stukeley, Abury: A Temple of the British Druids

     They would therefore ſay, that tho' these two, the father and the son, are different divine personalities, yet they cannot be called two Gods, or two godheads; for this would be discerping the deity or godhead , which is equally absurd

2. To separate; to disunite.
   • 1738, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses

     […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]

• crisped, percids