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Decerption

Decerption \De*cerp"tion\, n.

  1. The act of plucking off; a cropping.

  2. That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.
    --Glanvill.

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decerption

n. 1 The act of plucking off; a cropping. 2 That which is plucked off or torn away; a fragment; a piece.