Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Shuck

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Shuck


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(1):

(v. t.) To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off.

(2):

(n.) A shock of grain.

(3):

(n.) A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

(4):

(n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.

(5):

(v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.