Ex*os"sate (?), v. t. [L. exossatus, p. p. of exossare to bone , fr. exos without bones; ex out + os, ossis, bone.]
To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
© Webster 1913.
Originally noded by Webster 1913 as Exosstate, which doesn't fit the etymology. - Ed.