huskingn.

/ˈhʌskɪŋ/

Etymology: < husk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of husk v.¹; the removal of the husk. spec. in U.S., the removal of the husk from Indian corn; hence, a party or gathering of the neighbours and friends of a farmer to assist him in husking his corn, usually enlivened with festivities; called also husking-bee (see bee n.³).

ΚΠ

1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World 142 At another time this Deponent was desired by the Prisoners to come unto an Husking of Corn.

1721 B. Lynde Diary 2 Oct. in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 132 Fair day; husking at Colo's.

1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 195 A..machine for husking.

1796 J. Barlow Hasty-pudding iii, in N.Y. Mag. Jan. 47 Th'invited neighbors to the Husking come.

1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 1099 A tight, buxom girl..Who can sing at a husking or romp at a shearing.

1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster i. 15 Huskings and spinning bees made work and play shade into each other.

Compounds

attributive, as husking-ballad, husking-bee (see bee n.¹), husking party; husking-glove n., husking-peg n., husking-pin n. articles used in husking Indian corn.

ΚΠ

1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 156 The prisoner and the deceased were at a husking frolic.

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. ii. 388 Now were instituted quilting bees and husking bees and other rural assemblages.

1850 J. G. Whittier Huskers 13 The master of the village school..a husking-ballad sung.

1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 186 The..husking-bee, where the lads and lassies sit round laughingly busy under the swinging lantern.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† huskingadj.

Etymology: Compare husk n.² and husky adj.¹ 4.

Obsolete. rare.

Of a cough: Husky, dry, rough.

ΚΠ

a1707 S. Patrick Auto-biogr. (1839) 19 He had a husking cough, and frequently spit up stones. So I call them, for they resembled cherry-stones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	husking
释义	huskingn. /ˈhʌskɪŋ/ Etymology: < husk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of husk v.¹; the removal of the husk. spec. in U.S., the removal of the husk from Indian corn; hence, a party or gathering of the neighbours and friends of a farmer to assist him in husking his corn, usually enlivened with festivities; called also husking-bee (see bee n.³). ΚΠ 1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World 142 At another time this Deponent was desired by the Prisoners to come unto an Husking of Corn. 1721 B. Lynde Diary 2 Oct. in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 132 Fair day; husking at Colo's. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 195 A..machine for husking. 1796 J. Barlow Hasty-pudding iii, in N.Y. Mag. Jan. 47 Th'invited neighbors to the Husking come. 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 1099 A tight, buxom girl..Who can sing at a husking or romp at a shearing. 1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster i. 15 Huskings and spinning bees made work and play shade into each other. Compounds attributive, as husking-ballad, husking-bee (see bee n.¹), husking party; husking-glove n., husking-peg n., husking-pin n. articles used in husking Indian corn. ΚΠ 1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 156 The prisoner and the deceased were at a husking frolic. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. ii. 388 Now were instituted quilting bees and husking bees and other rural assemblages. 1850 J. G. Whittier Huskers 13 The master of the village school..a husking-ballad sung. 1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 186 The..husking-bee, where the lads and lassies sit round laughingly busy under the swinging lantern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † huskingadj. Etymology: Compare husk n.² and husky adj.¹ 4. Obsolete. rare. Of a cough: Husky, dry, rough. ΚΠ a1707 S. Patrick Auto-biogr. (1839) 19 He had a husking cough, and frequently spit up stones. So I call them, for they resembled cherry-stones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas husking husking n. Π 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 133 Sicknesse of the Loonges is..a short husking, and thrusting out the tongue withall. extracted from huskv.² < n.1693adj.a1707 as lemmas
随便看	to come to the same thing to come to the shoulder to come to the surface to come to the world to come to the worse to come to the worst to come to the wrong shop to come to think of it to come to time to come to town to come to want to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke to come together to come townie over to come true to come under to come under attack to come under discussion to come under, within, beyond, out of the cognizance to come undone to come unput to come unstuck to come unto to come up to come up against

huskingn.

Compounds

† huskingadj.

> as lemmas