a. [f. as prec. + -AL.] Belonging to an executioner, or to a butcher; butcherly.
1632. Lithgow, Totall Disc., B ij a. I bequeath thee to a Carnificiall reward.
1822. Scott, Nigel, xxx. By the blow of my adversary’s weapon … and not by any carnificial knife.
1863. N. & Q., Ser. III. IV. 482. The carnificial curiosity of Selwyn and Boswell.
1882. Pall Mall Gaz., 1 Dec., 2/1. The carnificial view of the uses of the Cattle Show is but a narrow and inadequate one.
