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Meaning of HUSKING

Pronunciation:  'husking

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the removal of covering
 
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 Synonyms: baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering
 
 See Also: cornhusking, deforestation, disforestation, remotion, removal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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