v. rare1. [f. L. laniāt-, ppl. stem of laniāre to tear.] trans. To tear to pieces. So Laniated ppl. a. (Cockeram, 1623).
1721. Bailey, Laniate, to butcher, to cut up, to quarter, to tear in Pieces. (Hence in Johnson 1755; and in later Dicts.)
1886. Burton, Arab. Nts., I. 115. Bedded on new made scones and cakes in piles to laniate.