EXCARNATION
Ex`car*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; — opposed to incarnation.
EXCARNIFICATE Ex*car"ni*fi*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See Carnify.]
Defn: To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More.
EXCARNIFICATION
Ex*car`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.
EXCAVATE
Ex"ca*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excavated(); p. pr. & vb. n.
Excavating().] Etym: [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex
out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See Cave.]
1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
3. (Engin.)