De‐cor″ti‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. “Great barley dried and decorticated.” Arbuthnot.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.