shrups (shrups)

The American woodcock, Philohela minor. C. S. Westcott, 1874. [Pennsylvania.] shu, interj. Another spelling of shoo2. shuck1 (shuk), v. t. and i. [A dial. form of shock1 or of shake (through the pret. shook, var. shuck).] To shake. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] shuck2 (shuk), n. [Origin obscure; the nearest similar forms, shuck1, shake, shuck3, shock2, a heap, shock3, shaggy, do not explain the word. If the verb is original, it may perhaps be a dial. form of shock1, and so belong with shuck1.] 1. A husk or pod: used especially of the epicarp of hickory-nuts and walnuts, the prickly involucre of chestnuts, etc., also, in England, of the pods of peas, etc., and, in some parts of the United States, of the husks of maize.-2. The shell of the oyster. [U.S.] -3. A case or covering, as that of the larva of a caddis-fly. Larvæ... before emerging from the shuck. The Field , Jan. 23, 1886. ( Encyc . Dict .) Not to care shucks, to care nothing. [Vulgar, U. S.] Not worth shucks, good for nothing; worthle . [Vul IMG:content-0983.png:[blocks in formation] shuckō (shuk), interj. [Cf. sic3.] A call to Having a seat made of the shucks or husks of corn. [Local, U. S.] She sank down on a shuck - bottom chair by the door of the tent. E. Eggleston, The Graysons, x. shuck-bottomed (shuk'bot"umd), a. [As shuck bottom + -ed2.] Same as shuck - bottom . He drew up another shuck - bottomed chair in such a way as to sit beside and yet half facing her. E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xxx i.