scuftingn.
/ˈskʌftɪŋ/ (See quots.)
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > chaff or husks of grain
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 85/2 Bran or Scufting, the Husk of the Corn.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) at Meal The various qualities of meal are distinguished into—1. Bran. 2. Shorts. 3. Scuftings, pollards, or shorts-and-sharps.
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