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excorticated

excorticated is the simple past and past participle of excorticate.

Meaning of excorticate

Verb

excorticate (third-person singular simple present excorticates, present participle excorticating, simple past and past participle excorticated)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) To strip of bark, shell or skin.
    • 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: [...]1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...

Words formed from excorticated

Questions about excorticated

What is excorticated the simple past and past participle of?
Excorticated is the simple past and past participle of excorticate.

Words near excorticated in the dictionary

  1. excoriosis
  2. excorporate
  3. excorporation
  4. excorporations
  5. excorticate
  6. excorticated
  7. excorticates
  8. excorticating
  9. excortication
  10. excortications
  11. excos

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