husk
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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]
husk (plural husks)
- 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.
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
- His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Verb[edit]
husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)
- (transitive) To remove husks from.
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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)
- (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
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