1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.] A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell.
EXCORTICATE Ex*cor"ti*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark.]
Defn: To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] "Excorticate the tree." Evelyn.
EXCORTICATION
Ex*cor`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excortication.]
Defn: The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.
EXCREABLE
Ex"cre*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. excreabilis, exscreabilis, fr. exscreare.
See Excreate.]
Defn: Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.
EXCREATE Ex"cre*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. excreare, exsreare; ex out + screare to hawk.]
Defn: To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting. [Obs.] Cockeram.