Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of a husk, as corn; hence, figuratively, to cause (a person) to reveal his thoughts or purposes; cause to disclose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To remove the
husk of.
Etymologies
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un- + husk
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Examples
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One man would engage to unhusk with his teeth and eat five large native chesnuts
Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner
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