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

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..

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

Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

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

Skin :: Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.

Sowens :: Sowens (n. pl.) A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England..

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

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

Husky :: Husky (n.) Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

Bee :: Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee..

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

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

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

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

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

Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.

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..

Vetiver :: Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus..

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