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† eˈxungulate, v. Obs.
[f. late L. exungulāt- ppl. stem of exungulāre to lose the hoof, f. ex- out + ungula, dim. of unguis claw, nail.]
trans. (See quots.)
1623–6Cockeram, Exungulate, to pare ones nailes. 1727–36Bailey, Exungulate, to pull off the hoofs, also to cut off the white part from roseleaves. 1775in Ash, and later Dicts.
Hence † eˈxungulated ppl. a. † exunguˈlation.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 530 It is made of two parts of the succe of exungated [sic] Roses. Ibid. 652 Roses..reddish, and not exungulated. 1730–6Bailey (fol.), Exungulation, a pulling off the hoofs. 1742–1800Ibid., Exungulation (among Chymists), the cutting off the white Part from the Leaves of Roses. |