Usually means: Removing silk threads from corn.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. silking: Merriam-Webster
  2. silking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. silking: Wiktionary
  4. silking: Dictionary.com
  5. silking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silking: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  2. silking: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silking: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silking: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

(Note: See silk as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Silk)

noun:  (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
noun:  A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
noun:  Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
noun:  The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
noun:  (colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
noun:  (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
noun:  (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
verb:  (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.
▸ Also see silk


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