EXCORTICATE


Meaning of EXCORTICATE in English

/eks kawr"ti kayt'/ , v.t., excorticated, excorticating .

decorticate.

[ 1375-1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650-60 for current sense; late ME excorticat hulled excorticatus, ptp. of excorticare to peel. See EX- 1 , CORTEX, -ATE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .