desilk

English

Etymology

From 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 […]

Synonyms

• silk

Anagrams

• kidels, silked, sliked