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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Husked :: Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.
Coir :: Coir (n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut..
Sowens :: Sowens (n. pl.) A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England..
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..
Husked :: Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
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..
Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk..
Granary :: Granary (n.) A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain..
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling..
Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
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.
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..
Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A husk. See Husk, 2..
Paddy :: Paddy (n.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..
Siliculose :: Siliculose (a.) Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky..
Husked :: Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Hus.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
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