a. rare–0. [f. as prec.: see -OUS.] See quot. Hence † Corticousness.
1721–90. Bailey, Corticous, full of thick Bark. Ibid. (1730–6, folio), Corticousness, Fulness of, or Likeness to Bark.
1847. Craig, Corticous, barky; full of bark.
1864–85. [see CORTICOSE].
