dē-glūbo, no perf., ptum, 3, v. a., to peel off; to shell, to husk.
- * I. Lit.: granum eo folliculo, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.
- II. Transf.
- 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.
- * B. In an obscene sense, Aus. Epigr. 71, 5.