From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shuck \Shuck\ (sh[u^]k), n.
A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shuck \Shuck\, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of
such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and
chestnut.
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2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shucking}.]
1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
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2. To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay
aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.]
"Shucking" his coronet, after he had imbibed several
draughts of fire water. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off
the notions he had acquired about the engineering of
a west coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shuck
n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw},
{stubble}]
v 1: remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"
2: remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"
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