- Delignate
- 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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.