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Definition of: husk
(husk) noun
1. The outer covering of certain fruits or seeds; rind; hull; especially, that of an ear of maize or Indian corn.
2. The carob pod. Luke xv 16.
3. Any covering, especially when comparatively worthless.
—v.t. To remove the husk of. [ME huske,? OE hosu husk]
—husk′er noun
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