decorticate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from.
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Surgery. to remove the cortex from (an organ or structure).
verb
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(tr) to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
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surgery to remove the cortex of (an organ or part)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of decorticate
1605–15; < Latin dēcorticātus (past participle of dēcorticāre to peel), equivalent to dē- de- + corticātus having bark, shell; see corticate
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Whenever a machine is invented that will economically decorticate the Ramie fiber, its cultivation will become an important industry in this country.
From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs
He decorticated the Third Reich, cheese fanciers, gossip columnists and the Hollywood star system with equal and total frenzy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mary sat in a wooden chair and decorticated spuds, with a thrill in her heart.
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
Shell transverse, equivalve, not affixed, the tops decorticated.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The decorticated nuts were wiped dry and rubbed to a smooth paste in a marble mortar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various
They use much pottage made of coal-wort, which they call keal, sometimes broth of decorticated barley.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
At Pisgah Forest, N. C., Paperman Harry Straus set up a plant to make cigaret paper direct from domestic flax, separating the flax fibre from the flax straw by newly developed decorticating machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The axis of the decorticating cylinder does not coincide with that of the vessel, B', so that the free interval for the passage of the cane continues to diminish from the entrance to the exit.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
The entrance plates, D, are provided with 6 spiral channels, whose pitch is equal to that of the channels of the decorticating cylinder, C, and in the same direction.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
It receives in addition a cog-wheel, L, which transmits its motion to the decorticating cylinder through, the intermedium of a large wooden-toothed gear wheel, L'.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
The outlay for fencing against wandering flocks of goats and for decorticating machinery and other expenses would deter the ordinary cultivator from planting, and this could only be profitably undertaken if ample capital were forthcoming.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan
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