DECORE
De*core", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. décorer. See Decorate.]
Defn: To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.]
To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall.
DECOREMENT
De*core"ment, n.
Defn: Ornament. [Obs.]
DECOROUS De*co"rous, a. Etym: [L. dec, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Defn: Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. A decorous pretext the war. Motley. — De*co"rous*ly, adv. — De*co"rous*ness, n.
DECORTICATE
De*cor"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorticating.] Etym: [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark;
de- + cortex bark.]
Defn: To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.
DECORTICATION
De*cor`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. decorticatio: cf. F. décortication.]
Defn: The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.