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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incise \In*cise"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Incised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incising}.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See {Incide}.]
1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
I on thy grave this epitaph incise. --T. Carew.
2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
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