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dē-glūbo, no perf., ptum, 3, v. a., to peel off; to shell, to husk.

  1. * I. Lit.: granum eo folliculo, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To take off the skin; to skin, flay (rare): se vel vivum, Varr. ap. Non. 158, 22; cf. maenam, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33: pecus, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 32 fin.: murem, Marc. Empir. 16 med.
    2. * B. In an obscene sense, Aus. Epigr. 71, 5.

* dē-glūtĭno, āre, v. a., to unglue, to separate by moistening: palpebras, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 163.

dē-gluttĭo (deglūtĭo), īre,

  1. I. v. a., to swallow down (post-Aug. and rare): hunc cibum, Fronto Ep. ad amic. 1, 15: virum, Avit. 4, 364; Vulg. Jon. 2, 1; Psa. 124, 3. Said of the earth, Num. 16, 30.
  2. II. Transf., to overwhelm, abolish: mortem, Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 23.