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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To remove the silk from (corn). transitive

   "While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

silksilk

Example

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"While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]"

Etymology

From de- + silk.

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