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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shuck /ˈʃʌk/
 殼,外皮,牡蠣殼(vt.)(vi.)剝去,脫去

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shuck, n.
 1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
 2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shuck n. A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shuck
      n : material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
          stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
          [syn: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble]
      v 1: remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"
      2: remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"