Shuck — Defs

01 n. A shock of grain.

02 n. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

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.]

03 v. t. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

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.