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eccoriate |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eccoriate \Ec*co"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excoriated}; p. pr & vb n. {excoriating}.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf {Scourge}; see {Cuirass}.] 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.
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