husk

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English huske (“husk”), from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *husōn, *hausaz (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). More at hose, -ock.

Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German hūske (“little house, sheath”) (cognate with Middle Dutch huskjin > Dutch huisken, diminutive of hūs (“house”).)

Noun[edit]

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Wikipedia husk (plural husks)

  1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
    A coconut has a very thick husk.
  2. Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
    His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man, ready for the grave, with one foot already inside and another on a banana peel.
  3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Translations[edit]
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
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Verb[edit]

husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

  1. (transitive) To remove husks from.
Translations[edit]
remove husks from

Etymology 2[edit]

Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.

Verb[edit]

husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

  1. (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
    • The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — Naomi Novik, "His Majesty's Dragon"

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References[edit]

The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /husk/, [husɡ̊]

Verb[edit]

husk

  1. imperative of huske (remember)
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