Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which hulls; specifically, a hulling-machine; a hulling-mill or huller-gin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
hulls ; especially, anagricultural machine for removing the hulls fromgrain ; a hulling machine.
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Examples
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A strawberry huller is a little tool that is designed to remove the hull - the leafy top and white-ish center “plug” - of a strawberry before you eat it.
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Then the seed is carried to the "huller," where it is crushed or ground into a rough meal about as coarse as the ordinary corn "grits."
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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This is because a dedicated huller can require repeated attempts to get out a large hull, and can remove too much of the flesh from a small berry, requiring you to use a paring knife anyway for those fruits.
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You can take the stems out of fresh strawberries with a strawberry huller or a kitchen knife inserted in the berry.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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You can take the stems out of fresh strawberries with a strawberry huller or a kitchen knife inserted in the berry.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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You can take the stems out of fresh strawberries with a strawberry huller or a kitchen knife inserted in the berry.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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International donors are subsidising equipment costs (including the engine, mill, de-huller, alternator, battery charger, and building) at up to $1,500 per module.
Chapter 10 2000
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A paddy huller, a flour grinding unit and a small oil-expeller will be installed within the power house.
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Plans developed by VITA for a beltdriven peanut huller made from scrap motor vehicle parts are available from ICE; some simple welding and cement work is needed.
Chapter 11 1981
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Remove the pin feathers with the point of a knife or with a strawberry huller.
School and Home Cooking Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer
hernesheir commented on the word huller
A rice mill or rice husker.
February 12, 2010