Definition of husk

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Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..

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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..
Unhusked :: Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.
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.
Kex :: Kex (n.) A dry husk or covering.
Husked :: Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.
Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..
Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A husk. See Husk, 2..
Shuck :: Shuck (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc..
Decorticate :: Decorticate (v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull..
Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
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..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc..
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut..
Avellane :: Avellane (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross..
Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..
Peel :: Peel (v. t.) To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange..
Coat :: Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek..
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..
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