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: [...]
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Excorticate
//ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt//
Synonyms for "excorticate" (5 found)
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The sap-wood of the excorticated winter-felled timber, kept in piles in his Majesty's yards, has rotted
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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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