shuck

shuck
    n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
         stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
         [syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw},
         {stubble}]
    v 1: remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"
    2: remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"
    

Shuck \Shuck\ (sh[u^]k), n.
   A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.]
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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.
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   2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
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Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shucking}.]
   1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
      Indian corn, oysters, etc.
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   2. 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.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "shuck":
      bark, bran, capsule, case, chaff, corn shuck, cornhusk,
      decorticate, hull, husk, jacket, palea, peel, pod, rind, shell,
      skin, slough, strip