Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Husking (Page: 715)

Husk"ing (?), n.

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.