Definitions
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- verb to remove the
hull (covering of a seed or fruit)
Etymologies
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de- + hull
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Examples
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Many consumers decorticate (dehull) the grain before grinding it into various particle sizes for use in different products.
4. Pearl Millet 1996
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Post Production Research Reducing the labor to dehull and to grind grain is obviously a vital need.
2. Finger Millet 1996
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Sesame seeds were soaked overnight and pounded in a mortar to dehull.
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(Mature seeds are more difficult to dehull by this process, since the cotyledons swell and press firmly against the hull.)
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