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husk

[ huhsk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
the enveloping or outer part of anything, especially when dry or worthless.

husk

husk

/ hʌsk /

Origin of husk¹

1350–1400; Middle English huske, equivalent to hus- (akin to Old English hosu pod, husk) + -ke, weak variant of -ock

Origin of husk¹

C14: probably based on Middle Dutch huusken little house, from hūs house; related to Old English hosu husk, hūs house

Still, the exposed skin on my face and hands felt drawn and hot, stinging, a fire of whiteness, a burning Caucasian husk.

The crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated.

Dumas states that the husk of oats sometimes yields as much as five or six per cent.

The house, the bit of the world it gave upon, seemed a part of her life, the containing husk of all the fruitage born to her.

He broke off the branch, and with the sharp point he soon had torn a hole in the outer husk of the cocoanut.

The dried husk of the maiz is taken and cut into pieces of the required size.

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