| Pronunciation: | | 'husking
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| Matching Terms: | | huskiness, husking bee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the removal of covering |
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| | Synonyms: | | baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering |
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| | See Also: | | cornhusking, deforestation, disforestation, remotion, removal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Husk"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian
corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking
maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] ``A red ear in
the husking.'' --Longfellow.
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