μασχαλίζω
μασχαλ-ίζω,
A). put under the arm-pits: hence, mutilate a corpse, since murderers believed that by cutting off the extremities (nose, ears, etc.), stringing them together, and passing the string round the neck and under the arm-pits of the victim they would avert vengeance, Ch. 439 (lyr., Pass.), El. 445 ( Pass.), cf. ap. , s.v. μασχαλίσματα , EM 118.29 ,* 574.202 , etc.