Husk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

II. Husk ·vt To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

III. Husk ·noun 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.

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