Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abacinate \A*bac"i*nate\ ([.a]*b[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [LL.
   abacinatus, p. p. of abacinare; ab off + bacinus a basin.]
   To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]