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Webster 1913 Edition
Excoriate
Ex-co′ri-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Excoriated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
excoriating
.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excoriate
EXCO'RIATE
,Verb.
T.
To flay; to strip or wear off the skin; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.