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Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..

Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk..

Husk :: Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Blacks :: Blacks (n. pl.) The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press..

Husked :: Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.

Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..

Depilate :: Depilate (v. t.) To strip of hair; to husk.

Husking :: Husking (n.) A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called als.

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

Siliculose :: Siliculose (a.) Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky..

Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk..

Unhusked :: Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.

Unshale :: Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover..

Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A husk. See Husk, 2..

Algarovilla :: Algarovilla (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye..

Kernel :: Kernel (n.) The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp..

Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..

Husky :: Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..

Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..

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