Ex-cō'ri-āte, v. t.

(89), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCORIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCORIATING.] [Lat. excoriare, excoriatum, from ex, out of, from, and corium, skin, hide, leather, Gr. χόριον; Fr. excorier.] 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.