dehusk

present singular third person dehusks · participle present dehusking · participle past dehusked · past dehusked

1. transitiveTo remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal grain).

   thy neghbour should haue more Wheate (by the dowrie of his wyfe) dehuskd vpon the flore

   1567, Thomas Drant, Horace his arte of poetrie, pistles, and satyrs Englished and to the Earle of Ormounte by Tho. Drant addressed.

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   Cost of nut transportation to the kiln can be reduced by dehusking the nuts under the trees , so that only the unopened shells have to be transported to the kiln reducing weight by about 40 per cent and volume by about 60 per cent .

   1999, J. G. Olher, Modern Coconut Management: Palm Cultivation and Products