unhuskv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhʌsk/, U.S. /ˌənˈhəsk/ 1. transitive. To divest of husk or shell; †to clean (a fish) of spines.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > remove husk
shalea1398
dehusk1566
unhusk1598
unshell1599
unshale1611
shell1694
hud1790
shuck1819
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > prepare seafood [verb (transitive)] > remove scales or spines
scalec1440
unscalea1510
unhusk1598
disscale1655
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip of skin, husk, or bark
bipilc1230
unrinda1382
slipe?c1390
hull1398
pill1440
husk1562
flay1574
unhusk1598
decorticate1611
depilate1620
rind1623
excorticate1657
disbark1659
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip of skin, husk, or bark > strip of husk or shell
shalea1398
sheelc1440
shillc1440
dehusk1566
unhusk1598
unshell1599
unshale1611
shell1694
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Diliscare, to vnhuske or clense fish from bones.
1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 348 It must bee beaten in a morter, to vnhuske it.
1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 202 I have sown a little French Barley and Rice seed and am thinking on a way of un-husking them.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 145 The Bean is not seen till..it be unhuskt.
a1813 A. Wilson Ess. in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) I. 288 Unhusking the seeds from the burr in a twinkling.
1884 R. Walker Five Threes 79 The nuts..are then split open with an axe (not unhusked).
2. figurative. To strip of a covering or disguise; to lay open, expose.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S4 I would we might know her, and see her vnhukt and naked once.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A3 He began, By policy to open and vnhuske me About the time and common rumour.
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God x. xxii. 390 All the good wee doe, comes from God, by whose pardon wee are vnhusked of the old man, sinne.
1892 Sat. Rev. 17 Dec. 719/1 The ‘Comic Spirit’ may puzzle him... You have got but to unhusk and unshell it, and there it is.
Derivatives
unˈhusking n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > of skin, bark, husk, etc. > of husk or shell
sheelingc1440
shaling1611
unhusking1706
shelling1725
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Decortication The peeling, or unhusking of Roots, Seeds, Fruits, &c.
1756 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. II. 78 Capt. Cock was desired to inform himself by some Turkey or East-Indian merchants of the way used by them for the unhusking of rice.
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