But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.
to heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form)
Silbentrennung
to heal a wound through scarring (by caus·ing a scar or ci·ca·trix to form)