EXFOLIATING

Verb

exfoliating

present participle of exfoliate

Source: Wiktionary


EXFOLIATE

Ex*fo"li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating.] Etym: [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]

1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

2. (Min.)

Definition: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

Ex*fo"li*ate v. t.

Definition: To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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