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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Husk \Husk\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Husked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Husking}.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Husking \Husk"ing\, noun
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] ''A red ear in the husking.'' --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
husking
noun: the removal of covering [syn: {denudation}, {stripping}, {uncovering}, {baring}]
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