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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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Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.

Flight :: Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.

Unshale :: Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover..

Husking :: Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn..

Cornshuck :: Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.

Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A husk. See Husk, 2..

Husky :: Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice..

Skin :: Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..

Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Husking :: Husking (n.) A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called als.

Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..

Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..

Coat :: Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek..

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..

Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.

Husked :: Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.