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 Shuck, 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.
 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.
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