Definition of husk

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Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize..

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Huskily :: Huskily (adv.) In a husky manner; dryly.
Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk..
Husk :: Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize..
Dehusk :: Dehusk (v. t.) To remove the husk from.
Corndodger :: Corndodger (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers..
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling..
Husked :: Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
Shealing :: Shealing (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc..
Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..
Bee :: Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee..
Mat :: Mat (n.) A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes..
Unshale :: Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover..
Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.
Husked :: Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Hus.
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..
Flight :: Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.
Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
Unhusked :: Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.
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