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Definition: Delignating
Delignate
\De*lig"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Delignated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Delignating.] [Pref. de- + L. lignum wood.]
1. To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.]
--Fuller.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie,
in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further
working.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]