SHUCK

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]

4.
v.

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


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