barber vs decorticate

barber

verb
  • To cut the hair or beard of (a person). 

  • To chatter, talk. 

noun
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries. 

  • A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules. 

  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards. 

decorticate

verb
  • To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. 

  • To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. 

adj
  • Having had the cortex removed 

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