noun. The outer membranous or green envelope of some fruits or seeds, as that of a walnut or an ear of corn.

noun. A shell or outer covering, especially when considered worthless.

noun. A framework serving as a support.

transitive verb. To remove the husk from.

noun. The greater dogfish, Scylliorhinus canicula.

To strip off the external integument or covering of.

To open or shuck, as oysters.

Dry; parched.

noun. Huskiness.

noun. A company of hares.

noun. The verminous bronchitis of cattle, found particularly in calves, and caused by roundworms belonging to the species Metastrongylus micrurus.

noun. Corn-meal bran.

noun. A cup-shaped form composed of short leaves, common in Greek, Roman, and Renaissance decoration, from which rinceaux and other motives usually start. There are about 84 of these starting-points.

noun. The external covering of certain fruits or seeds of plants; the glume, epicarp, rind, or hull; in the United States, specifically, the outer covering of an ear of maize or Indian corn.

noun. Something resembling a husk, or serving the purpose of husks, as the membranous covering of an insect, or (sometimes) the shells of oysters.

noun. Figuratively, the outer covering of anything; that which incloses or conceals the reality or the essential part; hence, in the plural, refuse; waste.

noun. The frame which supports a run of millstones.

noun. 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. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

noun. the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

transitive verb. To strip off the external covering or envelope of.

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

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

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

verb. To remove husks from.

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

noun. outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds

verb. remove the husks from

"{225} In the nut, the calyx remains green and beautiful, forming what we call the husk of a filbert; and again we find Nature amusing herself by trying to make us think that this strict envelope, almost closing over the single seed, is the same thing to the nut that its green shell is to a walnut!"

capillary husk  husky  

husked  husking  

remove  take  take away  withdraw  

Rusk  brusque  busk  cusk  dusk  

bark  bran  bushel  chaff  crust  

afterglow  afterimage  balance  bark  boll  

husked  huskes  husking  husks