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husk

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husk1
the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds
husk2
bronchitis in cattle, sheep, and goats, usually caused by lungworm infestation
husk [həsk]
(botany)
The outer coat of certain seeds, particularly if it is a dry, membranous structure.
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The crab begins by tearing the husk, fibre by fibre, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated; when this is completed, the crab commences hammering with its heavy claws on one of the eye-holes till an opening is made.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
The older travellers, being tired, went to "bye low" at the same time, and slept like tops in home-spun sheets, on husk mattresses made by Mother Atkinson, who seemed to have put some soothing powder among them, so deep and sweet was the slumber that came.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
and the packet landed exactly as it was intended, on the corn husk mat in front of the screen door.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
 
 
 
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