EXCORTICATE

Etymology

Verb

excorticate (third-person singular simple present excorticates, present participle excorticating, simple past and past participle excorticated)

(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.

Synonyms: decorticate, delibrate

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cor"ti*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark.]

Definition: To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] "Excorticate the tree." Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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