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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ]
(n) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds, Syn.stalk, straw, shuck, husk, stubble
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