Shuck

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A shock of grain.

II. Shuck ·noun The shell of an oyster or clam.

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

IV. Shuck ·add. ·vt To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside;

— usually with off.

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