exterebrate

† exˈterebrate, v. Obs.^—0

[f. L. exterebrāt- ppl. stem of exterebrāre, f. ex- out + terebrāre to bore, f. terebra boring tool, f. terĕre to rub.]

trans. To bore out; fig. ‘to search curiously’.

1623–6 in Cockeram. in Bailey vol. II.