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- noun Plural form of
husk . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
husk .
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Examples
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By the husks on which the prodigal is said, in his hunger, to have fed himself, we are not to understand exactly what is meant by the English word husks, but a certain fruit, the fruit of the carob tree, which grows in pods and has a mealy and sweet taste.
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Our other favorites there include their side of thick-sliced bacon, tamales either in husks or in casserole baked with cheese and salsa verde, meatballs in gravy with rice and beans, or chile rellenos.
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SAUCE: Remove the husks from the tomatillos, wash, cut into quarters and transfer to blender or the "chopping cup" of an immersion blender.
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SAUCE: Remove the husks from the tomatillos, wash, cut into quarters and transfer to blender or the "chopping cup" of an immersion blender.
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The first time I ever saw him, he was wielding a machete, chopping the husks from the bamboo-like stakes of sorghum.
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The first time I ever saw him, he was wielding a machete, chopping the husks from the bamboo-like stakes of sorghum.
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The word husks with us denotes the outward covering of corn.
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Still it can work no injury, since this kind of fruit is unknown to us, to retain the word husks; a word that comes nearer producing the true impression of the parable, which is the principal thing, than any other which might be substituted.
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The pecans still in their husks were the ones you planted to get trees; notoriously slow-growing trees.
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On the northern belt, shucks are the outer covering of nuts; in the middle and southern regions the word is applied to what in New England is called the husks of the corn.
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