dē-cortĭco — Lewis & Short
dē-cortĭco, no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. cortex, to deprive of the bark: to bark, to peel (rare), Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188:
abietem,id. 16, 41, 80, § 221:
ficum,Vulg. Joel 1, 7.