Excorticate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excorticate \Ex*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [L. ex out, from + cortex,
     corticis, bark.]
     To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] "Excorticate
     the tree." --Evelyn.
     [1913 Webster]