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[ FEW: 3,281b *excorticare; Gdf: 3,424a escorchier; GdfC: 9,519b escorchier; TL: 3,967 escorchier; DEAF: ∅; DMF: écorcher / écorcer; TLF: écorcher; OED: scorch v. 2; MED: scorchen v. 1; DMLBS: 802a escorchiare /836b excorticare ]

escorchier, escorcer, escorcier; eschorcher; escorger; echorcher; escharsir, etcorchier(l. eçcorchier) 126.433,
p.p.m.pl. esthorchés(l. eschorchés) ii 411

v.a.1to strip of bark ♦ to skin, flay ♦ to excoriate 2to fleece, rob 3to give the gist of, condense
p.p._as_a.1scored, incised ( ? )

v.a.

1to strip of bark:

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) ki n’i pot plus mesfaire, si li vint en talent D’escorcer les pumiers 1679

♦to skin, flay:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) (in Hell:) Dunc m'escorcent trestut le cors Que de la pel n'at puint defors 1401

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Ne set que l’um le deit lier, Trencher le col e escorcier 4964

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Li reis le (=stag) fit dunc escorcer E desfaire e enhardeiller 2761

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Nul baillif ne suffre en sa baillie ke chival, ne affre [...] ne seyent escorchez avant ceo ke l’em les ad veu par quele defaute il sunt morz 272.c29

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) [...] de petitz larouns qi toundent ou escorgent motouns ou autres bestes nutauntre pur embler la pel i 180

♦med.to excoriate:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Ses mains [...] furent emflees [...] E ses jambes [...] D’umour de pouacre escorchiez 16710

2fig.to fleece, rob:

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) (those in authority) destruient ki desuz eus sunt, Kar chescun de sue part s’entremet Quanke put de escorcher sun suget Par prises, par toutes […] 3992

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) Eux escorchent les autres pur eux enricher 121

( 1315-16 ) ceste ferme ad il aproché pur escorcher les povres gentz de la vile 518

3to give the gist of, condense:

( 1310 ) Jeo quide qe primes devez eschorcher vostre bref e puis conter vostre counte. Mes primes escorchaung’ (l. escorchaunt) vostre bref, vous demandez l’aquitance [...] Ed II iv 135

p.p._as_a.

1scored, incised ( ? ):

( 1396; MS: s.xv¹ ) quatre paire de solers eschorchez et partusez 6.15

escorcher de

1to strip, deprive of:

( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) serront recreanz, Escorchee (l. Escorchez) de lor chateus 220

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