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Webster 1913 Edition
Shuck
Shuck
(shŭk)
, Noun.
A shock of grain.
[Prev. Eng.]
Shuck
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
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.