Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eccoriate \Ec*co"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excoriated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {excoriating}.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium
   hide. cf. {Scourge}; see {Cuirass}.]
   To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to
   break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by
   rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.