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Excorticate
//ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt//
"Excorticate" in a Sentence (3 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: [...]
The sap-wood of the excorticated winter-felled timber, kept in piles in his Majesty's yards, has rotted
His mouth was dry and parched; his hands red and swollen, and looking about the nails as if he had been excorticating millions of new walnuts.
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