Husk vs Husi - What's the difference?
husk | husi |
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
* The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked , "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — (Naomi Novik), "His Majesty's Dragon"
In the Philippine Islands, a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain, Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts.
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As nouns the difference between husk and husi
is that husk is the dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside while husi is , case or husi can be .As a verb husk
is to remove husks from or husk can be to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.husk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)Noun
(wikipedia husk) (en noun)- A coconut has a very thick husk .
- His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
