Definition of Husk

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Definition of Husk

Husk

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.

The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

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

Related Definitions:

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Husk Quotations

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

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.
Irving Babbitt

Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
Edward Carpenter

Husk Translations

husk in Afrikaans is skil
husk in Danish is bark
husk in Dutch is schil, dop, schors, schaal
husk in French is coque
husk in Norwegian is skrelle, skall, pille
husk in Swedish is skal, agn, skida

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