ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ED.] † 1. Having a tough skin or hide. Obs.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xiv. 139. A quadruped corticated and depilous. Ibid., III. xvi. 144. Sanguineous corticated animals, as Serpents, Toads and Lizards.
2. Covered with bark, rind, etc.; having a cortex.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Corticated, that hath a rind or bark.
1874. Cooke, Fungi (1875), 236. Some species … run over corticated or decorticated wood.
† 3. ‘Having the bark pulled off’ (Bailey, folio, 1730–6). Obs.
