Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shuck"
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) 1.7 (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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