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descorcher (1267)

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[ FEW: 3,282b *excorticare /11,329a scortea; Gdf: 2,565c descorcier 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 681c discoriare ]

deschorcher, decorcer

v.a.

1to peel, remove the bark of:

( c.1300; MS: s.xiv^m ) En verges Jacob partie decorcee, De lettre est hors tret moralité 1563

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) Jacob lour mist devant les yewes verges [...] q’il deschorcha 19.3

♦to skin:

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) Tost fust le asne tuee e deschorchee, overt et defet 176

2to fleece, rob:

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) Mes si il (=lord) tele gent entur li tient Ki descorchent la gent e destruent […] 4269

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