Definition of husk

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

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Dehusk :: Dehusk (v. t.) To remove the husk from.
Unshale :: Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover..
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..
Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
Husky :: Husky (n.) Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
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..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc..
Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..
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..
Corndodger :: Corndodger (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers..
Coat :: Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek..
Cornshuck :: Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) The state of being husky.
Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.
Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk..
Shealing :: Shealing (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell..
Husked :: Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Hus.
Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..
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