husk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /hʌsk/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /hʊsk/ Rhymes: -ʌsk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose +‎ -ock. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”. ==== Noun ==== husk (plural husks) The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside. (figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked) (transitive) To remove husks from. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky. ==== Noun ==== husk (uncountable) An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm ==== Verb ==== husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked) (intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat. (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice. === See also === husky === References === The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978 === Anagrams === Huks, Kush, khus, kuhs, kush, sukh == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /husk/, [husɡ̊] === Verb === husk imperative of huske (remember) == Middle English == === Noun === husk alternative form of huske == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === husk imperative of huske