Ex*co`ri*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. excoriation.]
1.
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
2.
Stripping of possession; spoliation.
[Obs.]
A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort.
Howell.
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