Exfoliating

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

  Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of
     leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]
     1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[ae], as pieces
        of carious bone or of bark.
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     2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become
        converted into scales at the result of heat or
        decomposition.
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