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culching

culching is the present participle and gerund of culch.

Meaning of culch

Verb

culch (third-person singular simple present culches, present participle culching, simple past and past participle culched)

  1. To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed.

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Questions about culching

What is culching the present participle and gerund of?
Culching is the present participle and gerund of culch.

Words near culching in the dictionary

  1. Culcheth
  2. Culcheth and Glazebury
  3. Culcheths
  4. culchie
  5. culchies
  6. culching
  7. culcitoside
  8. Culciu
  9. culd
  10. Culdee
  11. Culdees

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