shuck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shuck	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for shuck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shuck n material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds Synonym(s): chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble v remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shuck \Shuck\, n. A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shuck \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.] [bd]Shucking[b8] 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.