decorticate

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He decorticated the Third Reich, cheese fanciers, gossip columnists and the Hollywood star system with equal and total frenzy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Swainson, William

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 Henry, O.

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 MacGillivray, William

Spun silk is now made in England from "Ramie" the decorticated fibre of Nettles after washing away the glutinous juice from under their bark.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas