Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of the husk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To remove the husk from.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To remove the
husk from.
Etymologies
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de- + husk
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Examples
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So after the day if over and you have sticky hands from the sugary juices that leaked out of the skin of the berry you have to dehusk them.
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So after the day if over and you have sticky hands from the sugary juices that leaked out of the skin of the berry you have to dehusk them.
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Some groups dislike black fonio because, compared with the white form, it is more difficult to dehusk with the traditional pestle.
3. Fonio (Acha) 1996
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An experienced worker can dehusk approximately 1500-2000 units per eight-hour day.
Chapter 5 1983
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