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HUSKED
Verb
husked
simple past tense and past participle of husk
Adjective
husked (not comparable)
Covered with a husk.
Stripped of its husk.
Anagrams
• dehusk
Source: Wiktionary
Husked, a.
1. Covered with a husk.
2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
HUSK
Husk, n. Etym: [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. 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.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.]
Definition: To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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