Excorticate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Excorticate is a verb meaning (archaic or obsolete) To strip of bark, shell or skin.
Meaning
(archaic or obsolete) To strip of bark, shell or skin.
Example Sentences
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.
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: [...]
Word Forms
- excorticates
- excorticating
- excorticated
Synonyms for excorticate
Depending on context, synonyms include decorticate, delibrate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decorticate, excarnificate, excarnate, excoriate, bark, exungulate.
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