EXCORIATE

excoriate. Excoriate, v.t. to flay, strip off the skin, bark

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Ex‐co″ri‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. excoriating (?).] [[L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.]] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.