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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation.

Johnson.

Noun.

[L. excarnifico, to cut in pieces, from caro, flesh.]

The act of cutting off flesh, or of depriving of flesh.

excarnification ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) The removal of flesh; excarnation.
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