v. Obs. [f. late L. exungulāt- ppl. stem of exungulāre to lose the hoof, f. ex- out + ungula, dim. of unguis claw, nail.] trans. (See quots.)
1623–6. Cockeram, Exungulate, to pare ones nailes.
1727–36. Bailey, Exungulate, to pull off the hoofs; also to cut off the wide part from rose-leaves.
1775. in Ash, and later Dicts.
Hence † Exungulated ppl. a. † Exungulation.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 530. That which is made of two parts of the succe of exungated [sic] Roses. Ibid., 652. Roses … reddish, and not exungulated.
1730–6. Bailey (fol.), Exungulation, a pulling off the hoofs. Ibid. (1742–1800), Exungulation [among Chymists], the cutting off the white Part from the Leaves of Roses.
