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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..

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

Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..

Decorticate :: Decorticate (v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull..

Coat :: Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek..

Husked :: Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.

Unhusked :: Unhusked (a.) Not husked; having the husk on.

Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..

Corndodger :: Corndodger (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers..

Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Husking :: Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn..

Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..

Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.

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..

Peel :: Peel (v. t.) To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange..

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

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

Husked :: Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Hus.

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..

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