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Webster 1913 Edition

Excoriation

Ex-coˊri-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
excoriation
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excoriation

EXCORIA'TION

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Noun.
The act of flaying, or the operation of wearing off the skin or cuticle; a galling; abrasion; the state of being galled or stripped of skin.
1.
Plunder; the act of stripping of possessions. [Little used.]

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