Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-COR'TI-CATE
DEC'O-ROUS-NESSDE-COR'TI-CA-TED
DE-COR'TI-CATE, v.t. [L. decortico; de and cortex, bark.]
To strip off bark; to peel; to husk; to take off the exterior coat; as, to decorticate barley. – Arbuthnot.
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