[husky] adj husk.i.er ; -est (1552): resembling, containing, or full of husks
[2]hus.ky adj hus.ki.er ; -est [prob. fr. husk (huskiness), fr. obs. husk (to have a dry cough)] (ca. 1722): hoarse with or as if with emotion -- hus.ki.ly adv -- hus.ki.ness n [3]hus.ky n, pl huskies [shortening of Huskemaw, Uskemaw Eskimo, fr. Cree ashkimew; akin to Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo--more at eskimo] (1852) 1: a heavy-coated working dog of the New World arctic region
2: siberian husky [4]hus.ky n, pl huskies (1864): one that is husky [5]hus.ky adj hus.ki.er ; -est [prob. fr. [1]husk] (1869) 1: burly, robust
2: large