Husking

[huhs-king] /ˈhʌs kɪŋ/

noun
1.
Also called shucking. the act of removing , especially those of corn.
2.
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[huhsk] /hʌsk/
noun
1.
the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
2.
the enveloping or outer part of anything, especially when dry or worthless.
verb (used with object)
3.
to remove the husk from.
/hʌsk/
noun
1.
the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds
2.
any worthless outer covering
verb
3.
(transitive) to remove the husk from
noun
1.
bronchitis in cattle, sheep, and goats, usually caused by lungworm infestation
n.

late 14c., huske “dry, outer skin of certain fruits and seeds,” of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch huuskyn “little house, core of fruit, case,” diminutive of huus “house,” or from an equivalent formation in English (see house). As a verb, attested from 1560s. Related: Husked; husking.

In Num. 6:4 (Heb. zag) it means the “skin” of a grape. In 2 Kings 4:42 (Heb. tsiqlon) it means a “sack” for grain, as rendered in the Revised Version. In Luke 15:16, in the parable of the Prodigal Son, it designates the beans of the carob tree, or Ceratonia siliqua. From the supposition, mistaken, however, that it was on the husks of this tree that John the Baptist fed, it is called “St. John’s bread” and “locust tree.” This tree is in “February covered with innumerable purple-red pendent blossoms, which ripen in April and May into large crops of pods from 6 to 10 inches long, flat, brown, narrow, and bent like a horn (whence the Greek name keratia, meaning ‘little horns’), with a sweetish taste when still unripe. Enormous quantities of these are gathered for sale in various towns and for exportation.” “They were eaten as food, though only by the poorest of the poor, in the time of our Lord.” The bean is called a “gerah,” which is used as the name of the smallest Hebrew weight, twenty of these making a shekel.