Hypertext Webster Gateway: "husking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husking \Husk"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian
corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking
maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] ``A red ear in
the husking.'' --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Husked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Husking}.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
husk Indian corn.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
husking
n : the removal of covering [syn: {denudation}, {stripping}, {uncovering},
{baring}]
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