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shuck |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shuck \Shuck\, n. A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shucked}; p. pr & vb n. {Shucking}.] To deprive of the shucks or husks; as to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shuck n : material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {stalk}, {straw}, {stubble}] v : remove the shucks from as of certain vegetables
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