Definition of husk

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Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

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Coat :: Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek..
Husk :: Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Husky :: Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice..
Cod :: Cod (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod..
Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..
Vetiver :: Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus..
Decorticate :: Decorticate (v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull..
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..
Avellane :: Avellane (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross..
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.
Flight :: Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.
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..
Kex :: Kex (n.) A dry husk or covering.
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) The state of being husky.
Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk..
Unhusked :: Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.
Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..
Cornshuck :: Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
Blacks :: Blacks (n. pl.) The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press..
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