De-cōr'ti-cāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. DECORTICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DECORTICATING.] [Lat. decorticare, decorticatum, from de and cortex, bark; Pr. decorticar; Pg. descorticar, It. scorticare, Sp. descortezar; Fr. écorcer.] To take off the exterior coating or bark of; to husk; to peel. “Great barley dried and decorticated.” Arbuthnot.