husking

Verb (1)

husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

1. (transitive) To remove husks from.

Verb (2)

husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

1. (intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.
   • Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 181
2. (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.2006, Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon, Del Rey Books, page 5

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