v. Obs.0 [f. late L. exartuāt- ppl. stem of exartuāre (Carpentier), f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + artus joint: cf. ARTUATE.]

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1656–81.  Blount, Glossogr., Exartuate, to carve as meat is carved, to quarter as the hangman doth.

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