excorticare

excorticare [LL] 1 to excorticate, peel (plant), bark (tree); v. et. escorchiare; cf. excoriare 3b. b to husk (grain); cf. excoriare 3a. c to cut (peat); cf. excoriare 3c. de arbore quam fusenum vocant ~atam perticam ei fac Adel. CA 11; 1170 W. L. r. c. de dim. m. pro hominibus qui ~averunt quercus Pipe 23; quare Jacob virgas varias et ~atas in aquis ante greges suos ponebat [cf. Gen. xxx 37] ut agni varii nascerentur Quaest. Salern. P 34; Gad. 6v. 2 (v. 1 costa 2); CathA (v. corticare a).  b J. Godard Ep. 222 (v. amygdalatus); detur ‥ lac seminum ‥ ~atorum Gilb. I 31v. 1; decoquatur in aqua cum ordeo excortitato J. Mirfield Brev. 84; triticum ~atum cum lacte bullitum Kymer 19.  c a1245 nec ‥ ~abunt moram in occidente vie de Widemers ‥ sed integra jacebit Cart. Newm. 22. 2 (med.) to abrade, graze, peel off. Cf. excoriare 2. Bacon Maj. II 16 (v. corticalis a); valet pro lingua ~ata Gad. 7v. 1. 3 to flay, skin (animal). Cf. excoriare 1c. repleatur catus ~atus pinguis et evisceratus, suatur bene et suaviter assetur Gilb. VII 318. 2.