| slovo | definícia |
shuck
(encz) | shuck,loupat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shuck
(encz) | shuck,slupka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shuck
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\ (sh[u^]k), n.
A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.]
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Shuck
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of
such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and
chestnut.
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2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
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Shuck
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shucking.]
1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
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2. 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. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off
the notions he had acquired about the engineering of
a west coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
shuck
(wn) | shuck
n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw,
stubble]
v 1: remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"
2: remove the shucks from; "shuck corn" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
shuck on down to the fraidy hole
(encz) | shuck on down to the fraidy hole, |
shucks
(encz) | shucks,vyloupne Zdeněk Brož |
Cornshuck
(gcide) | Cornshuck \Corn"shuck`\ (-sh[u^]k`), n.
The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Shuck
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\ (sh[u^]k), n.
A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Shuck \Shuck\, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of
such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and
chestnut.
[1913 Webster]
2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shucking.]
1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off
the notions he had acquired about the engineering of
a west coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Shucked
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shucking.]
1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off
the notions he had acquired about the engineering of
a west coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Shucker
(gcide) | Shucker \Shuck"er\, n.
One who shucks oysters or clams
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Shucking
(gcide) | Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shucking.]
1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off
the notions he had acquired about the engineering of
a west coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
shucks
(wn) | shucks
n 1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a
damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn:
damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks,
tinker's damn, tinker's dam]
2: an expression of disappointment or irritation |
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