See Also: excorticate(medicine)
excorticate(dictionary)

excorticate (iou)



excorticate verb trans. Pa. pple -ated, -ate. LME.
[Late Latin excorticat- pa. ppl stem of excorticare, formed as EX-1 1, CORTEX: see -ATE3.]
Remove the bark from (a tree) or the shell from (a nut).
,excorti'cation noun E18.