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husk

noun
/hʌsk/US/hʊsk/

Etymology

From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”.

  1. derived from husekijn — “little house, core of fruit, case”
  2. derived from hûseken
  3. derived from *husǭ✻ — “covering, shell, leggings”
  4. derived from *hosā✻
  5. inherited from huske

Definitions

  1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed…

    The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

    • A coconut has a very thick husk.

  2. Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.

    • His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
    • Unlike dogs, cats have retractable claws which do not wear down when walking. Instead, cats pull the old husk of nail from their claws by raking them down some convenient piece of wood, to expose a new sharp claw underneath.

  3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To remove husks from.

    2. An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

      • The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.

    3. To cough, clear one's throat.

      • Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.

    4. To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

      • The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched.

    5. A surname.

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Derived

cornhusk, huskless, husklike, husk tomato, rice husk, unhusk, dehusk

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA