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shuck

shuck is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
  2. 2.The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
  3. 3.To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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