I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Winwood's concert showed that he is just an empty husk of what he once was.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Bradshaw board carries locked within its smooth husk the seed of its begetter.
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In addition, damp conditions encourage husk in cattle and fluke in sheep.
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Mace is the outer husk of the nutmeg and has a strong but fragrant flavour.
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Only his husk , his shell.
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Peel and discard rough outside husks of lemongrass stalks, then thinly slice cores that remain.
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Pick the freshest corn you can; it should look moist with bright green husks.
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Rinse lentils before use and check for stones and husks.
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Squeeze garlic out of husk to use.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Further along the shore a few beachcombers were bunkered down, husking washed-up coconuts for copra; others collected shellfish.
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The Little Rann had husked him.