Husk vs. Shuck

Husknoun

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

Husknoun

Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

Husknoun

The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Husknoun

An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

Huskverb

(transitive) To remove husks from.

Huskverb

(intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.

Huskverb

(transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

Husknoun

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

Husknoun

The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Huskverb

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

Husknoun

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Husknoun

outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds

Huskverb

remove the husks from;

Husk

Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant.

Shucknoun

The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

Shucknoun

A fraud; a scam.

Shucknoun

(slang) A phony.

Shuckverb

(transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

Shuckverb

(transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

Shuckverb

To fool; to hoax.

Shucknoun

A shock of grain.

Shucknoun

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

Shucknoun

The shell of an oyster or clam.

Shuckverb

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

Shuckverb

To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; - usually with off.

Shucknoun

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Shuckverb

remove from the shell;

Shuckverb

remove the shucks from;