Excorticate
//ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To strip of bark, shell or skin. archaic, obsolete
"Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]"
Example
More examples"Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]"
Etymology
From Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”).
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