decortico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dē-cortĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [cortex],

to deprive of the bark: to bark, to peel (rare), Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188: abietem, id. 16, 41, 80, § 221: ficum, Vulg. Joel 1, 7.