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verb

Shuck v. t. (past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)

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

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." "He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony."

noun

Shuck n. A shock of grain. (Prev. Eng.)

Shuck n.

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

The shell of an oyster or clam. (U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Shuck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shuck" Quotes from Famous Books

... 'roun', he did, en try ter shake de leafs off'a 'im, but de leafs, dey aint gwine ter be shuck off. Brer Rabbit, he shake en he shiver, but de leafs dey stick; en de capers dat creetur cut up out dar in de woods by he own-alone se'f wuz scan'lous—dey wuz dat; dey ...

— Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation • Joel Chandler Harris

... shiverin' an' shakin' in my shoes, an' droppin' gravy, an' spillin' de wine on de table-cloth, I was dat shuck up; an' when de dinner was ober he calls all de ladies an' gemmen, an' says, 'Now come down to de duck-pond. I'm gwine ter show dis nigger dat all de gooses on my plantation got mo' den ...

— Standard Selections • Various

... decision on this point, for the approaches are quite different. If you are developing a schedule for home use, the size of the nuts is of importance. In general, the bigger the nut the easier it is to handle, the easier it is to shuck and crack. The percentage of kernel is relatively less important than it is in the commercial cracking. The size of the particles recovered is more important for home use. If they come out easily and in large pieces, ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report - at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 • Various

... that through its experiences, its trials, and its griefs, come such graces to the souls of those that leave it, that when they pass they leave their worse self behind them, even as the germ leaves the shuck out of which it sprouted,—leaves the dull, clamp ground forever while it groweth up into the sunlight ...

— How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's - And Other Stories • W. H. H. Murray

... corn huskin' and dere a dollar for de one what shuck de mos' corn. Us have de big dance 'bout twict a year, on Christmas and sometime in de summer. When de white folks have dere big balls us niggers cook and watch dem dance. ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration

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