Definitions for: Shuck


[n] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[v] remove the shucks from, as of certain vegetables
[v] remove from its shell, as of a mollusk; "shuck oysters"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Shuck, n.
A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]


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.]


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.

Synonyms: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble

See Also: bran, plant material, remove, take, take away, withdraw

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