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Webster 1913 Edition


Excortication

Ex-corˊti-ca′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
excortication
.]
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excortication

EXCORTICA'TION

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Noun.
[L. ex and cortex, bark.]
The act of stripping off bark.