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n. [ Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell. ] 1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shucked p. pr. & vb. n. Shucking. ] 1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off. [ Colloq. ]

“Shucking” his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water. F. A. Ober.

He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony. Pall Mall Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who shucks oysters or clams [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of shuddering, as with fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Shuddered p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering. ] [ OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, schütteln to shake, schütten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake. ] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. “With shuddering horror pale.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shuddering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unguided agitation and rude shuffles of matter. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trick; an artifice; an evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]