DECORTICATING

Verb

decorticating

present participle of decorticate

Source: Wiktionary


DECORTICATE

De*cor"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] Etym: [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]

Definition: To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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