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echorcher; escharsir; eschorcher; escorcer, escorchier, escorcier, escorger (etcorchier (l. eçcorchier) Receptaria 126.433, esthorcher (l. eschorcher) Rot Parl¹ ii 411)

FEW: *excorticare 3,281b Gdf: escorchier 3,424a GdfC: escorchier 9,519b TL: escorchier 3,967 DEAF: escorchier DMF: écorcher / écorcer TLF: écorcher OED: scorch v. 2 MED: scorchen v. 1 DMLBS: escorchiare 802a / excorticare 836b

v.trans.1to strip off the bark of 2to skin, flay (as a form of torture) ♦ to skin, flay, remove the skin or hide of (animals) ♦ to shave, tear off (a beard) 3to fleece, rob
p.p. as a.excoriated, having the skin stripped off ♦ (of beard) shaven, torn off

v.trans.

1to strip off the bark of:

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) ki n’i pot plus mesfaire, si li vint en talent D’escorcer les pumiers FANT OUP 1679

2to skin, flay (as a form of torture):

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) (in Hell:) Dunc m'escorcent trestut le cors Que de la pel n'at puint defors S Brend mup 1401

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Ne set que l’um le deit lier, Trencher le col e escorcier Salemon 4964

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) E quant il fud d'ocire las, Tuz vifs les faiseit escorchier Brut WACE 3413

♦ to skin, flay, remove the skin or hide of (animals):

( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Un cerf aveient retenu, Pris l’aveient e abatu, Le cerf aveient escorchié E fait aveient le forchié Rom de Rou wace i 182.567

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Li reis le (=stag) fit dunc escorcer E desfaire e enhardeiller Ipom BFR 2761

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Nul baillif ne suffre en sa baillie ke chival, ne affre [...] ne seyent escorchez avant ceo ke l’em les ad veu par quele defaute il sunt morz HENLEY² 272.c29

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) [...] de petitz larouns qi toundent ou escorgent motouns ou autres bestes nutauntre pur embler la pel BRITT i 180

♦ to shave, tear off (a beard):

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Rithon [...] Par grant orguil e par fierté Aveit al rei Artur mandé Que la sue barbe escorchast E bonement li enveiast Brut WACE 11573

3fig.to fleece, rob:

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) (those in authority) destruient ki desuz eus sunt, Kar chescun de sue part s’entremet Quanke put de escorcher sun suget Par prises, par toutes […] Lum Lais ANTS 3992

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) Eux escorchent les autres pur eux enricher BOZ Cont 121

( 1315-16 ) ceste ferme ad il aproché pur escorcher les povres gentz de la vile Cal Anc Pet 518

p.p. as a.

med.excoriated, having the skin stripped off:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Ses mains [...] furent emflees [...] E ses jambes [...] D’umour de pouacre escorchiez Dial Greg SATF 16710

♦ (of beard) shaven, torn off:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Rithon aveit tanz reis cunquis E tanz vencuz, que morz que vis, Des barbes des reis, escorchiees, Ont unes pels apareilliees Brut WACE 11567

escorcher de

to strip, deprive of:

( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) serront recreanz, Escorchee (l. Escorchez) de lor chateus BOZ Char 220

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