to blind by putting red-hot copper basin near the eyes
• (v. t.) To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
A·bac'i·nate (ȧ*băs'ĭ*nāt) transitive verb [ Late Latin abacinatus , past participle of abacinare ; ab off + bacinus a basin.] To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [ R.]
verb blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone`s eyes; `The prisoners were abacinated by their captors`