husks

Noun (1)

husk (plural husks)

1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
   • A coconut has a very thick husk.
2. (figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
   • His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
4. (collective, rare) A group of hares.
   • Isn't it just like that in your average husk of hares.1994, Hornig, Dana, Seize the Day: For People Over 49, Stamford, Connecticut: Cove Press, page 304

Noun (2)

husk (uncountable)

1. An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
   • The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.1876, John Walker, How to Farm with Profit Arable and Pasture Land: A Practical Manual on Modern Agriculture, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, page 78

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