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Excoriations

Excoriation

1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. (Howell)

Origin: cf. F. Excoriation.


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