excorticate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt/ === Verb === excorticate (third-person singular simple present excorticates, present participle excorticating, simple past and past participle excorticated) (archaic or obsolete) To strip of bark, shell or skin. Synonyms: decorticate, delibrate ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “excorticate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.