'Delignating' definitions:
Definition of 'Delignating'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]