The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
Any covering.
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.