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Definition of Decorticating
1. decorticate [v] - See also: decorticate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorticating
Literary usage of Decorticating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On & Off Duty in Annam by Gabrielle M. Vassal (1910)
"CHAPTER XV IN THE KINGDOM OF THE MOIS A Moi village : Children decorticating and
winnowing the rice : A Moi hut: Darkness and smoke : Moi furniture : Men ..."
2. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1889)
"REPORT OF FRENCH EXHIBITION FOR decorticating AND CLEANING RAMIE. The French
Government announced that a prize of 30000 francs would be given to the ..."
3. British Farmer's Magazine (1867)
"Machio« for decorticating grain on the dry and wet pro tesa are old ... One patentee
in 1865 proposes decorticating moist grain by passing it between wooden ..."
4. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"Eucalyptus saligna sheds hark, and looks like decorticating ... If the twig colors
are a persistent characteristic, the decorticating botryoides must be a ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Now if you journey to Lerdo (which is in new decorticating machine in successful
operation on ramie, doing the work of 1000 coolies in a day at a minimum ..."
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