Abscissa

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 1

ab-sis'-så,s verse axis of a conic section, in Absci . sharp instrument[Surg.] An abrupt break man of ing off somuch in the midst honour of and a sentence, of such generosity-but thus: " He is a I need say no more." [Rhet.] See Abscind.