单词 | husked |
释义 | huskedadj. a. Furnished or covered with a husk. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 106 Thee soundest wheatcorne with chaffy filthod is husked. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 26 A small fruit..husked like a Chesnut. 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 71 Like Iupiter huskt in a female skin. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 205 Though the Corn be like Wheat, and not husked, as all Spelt is. ΚΠ 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. 3 Lead by Iohn Fox into this wyld hogge-field of his husked Saincts. 2. Stripped of the husk; hulled. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 252 Let her seeth husked Barley and scallions, and the fat of a male-Goate. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 329 Rice which they sell ready husked. a1868 H. Meade Ride New Zealand (1870) 332 Cocoa~nuts, husked and opened. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1582 |
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