Excoriate

Ex‐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.