Bible Dictionaries
Husk
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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):
(n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
(3):
(v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Husk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/husk.html. 1828.