desilk

English

Etymology

de- +‎ silk

Verb

desilk (third-person singular simple present desilks, present participle desilking, simple past and past participle desilked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
    • 2013, Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came, page 17:
      While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]

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