husk

[husk]

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

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The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

Noun
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds

Noun
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Verb
remove the husks from; "husk corn"


n.
The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

n.
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

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


Husk

Husk , n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.] 1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize. 2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

Husk

Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

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Usage Examples

Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

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