I.perf., ptum, 3, v. a., to peel off; to shell, to husk. *
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.