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dehusking

dehusking is the present participle and gerund of dehusk.

Meaning of dehusk

Verb

dehusk (third-person singular simple present dehusks, present participle dehusking, simple past and past participle dehusked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal grain).
    • thy neghbour should haue more
      Wheate (by the dowrie of his wyfe) dehuskd vpon the flore1567, Thomas Drant, Horace his arte of poetrie, pistles, and satyrs Englished and to the Earle of Ormounte by Tho. Drant addressed.

Questions about dehusking

What is dehusking the present participle and gerund of?
Dehusking is the present participle and gerund of dehusk.

Words near dehusking in the dictionary

  1. dehumidifying
  2. dehusk
  3. dehusked
  4. dehusker
  5. dehuskers
  6. dehusking
  7. dehusks
  8. Dehwar
  9. Dehwari
  10. Dehwars
  11. dehybridisation

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