| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| shuck | noun | A shock of grain., A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut., The shell of an oyster or clam., To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc. |
| shude | noun | The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake. |
| shunt | verb t. | To shun; to move from., To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove., To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift., To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer., To go aside; to turn off., A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free., A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit., The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun. |
| shute | noun | Same as Chute, or Shoot. |