1. 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.
2. Noun
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
3. Verb
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
4. Noun
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
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