abacinate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

abacinate
    v 1: blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's
         eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
   [1913 Webster]