DECORTICATE

decorticate. Decorticate, v.t. to strip off the bark, to peel

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De‐cor″ti‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [[L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. “Great barley dried and decorticated.” Arbuthnot.