disbark

present singular third person disbarks · participle present disbarking · participle past disbarked · past disbarked

1. transitiveTo strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.

   Lieutenant G. Drummon confirm'd what others had told me, of the great noiſe, like the diſcharge of Muskets, that they hear in the wooden houſes, whoſe Walls are made of Fir-trees (unſquar'd, and only diſbark'd,) upon very intenſe Froſts; […]

   1663, Robert Boyle, “An Appendix Containing Some Promiscuous Experiments & Observations Relating to the Precedent History of Cold. [Particulars Referable to the XIX. Title.]”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 24

   Synonyms: bark, excorticate

present singular third person disbarks · participle present disbarking · participle past disbarked · past disbarked

1. obsoleteTo disembark.

   The ship we moor on these obscure abodes; / Disbark the sheep, an offering to the gods

   1725–1726, Homer, “Book 9”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC