Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature.
Milton.
Ex*co"ri*a*ble (?). Capable of being excoriated.
The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable.
Sir T. Browne.
Ex*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.
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.