unhusk

American

[uhn-huhsk] / ʌnˈhʌsk /

verb (used with object)

to free from or as if from a husk.

Etymology

Origin of unhusk

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + husk

Example Sentences

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This Tanna must be parched in a Pan, and then is beaten in a Mortar to unhusk it.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert

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