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Definition of Decorticate
1. Verb. Remove the outer layer of. "Decorticate a tree branch"
2. Verb. Remove the cortex of (an organ).
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Decortication
Definition of Decorticate
1. v. t. To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.
Definition of Decorticate
1. Verb. (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decorticate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorticate
Literary usage of Decorticate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... for the common varieties, some machinery, like the cotton seed huiler, is
necessary to decorticate them. I have been applied to to ascertain the ..."
2. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"HULL, the body of a ship; to decorticate oats, or other grains. HULLING, the
process of cleaning grass- seeds and cereal grains. HULL-DOWN, a nautical term ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... where they are easily caught. | IV. 4-Ki. decorousness (de-ko'- or
dek'o-rus-iies), ». Decency or propriety of behavior. decorticate ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see FLESH. skin, vt 1. strip (chiefly contextual), flay, bark (slang);
spec, hide (rare), excoriate, decorticate (flg.), pelt (ob*-. ..."
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