Husk Definition
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Origin of Husk
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From Middle English huske (“husk”), from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *husōn, *hausaz (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). More at hose, -ock.
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Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German hūske (“little house, sheath”) (cognate with Middle Dutch huskjin > Dutch huisken, diminutive of hūs (“house”).)
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Middle English probably diminutive of hus house Middle Dutch hūskijn little house, core of an apple house
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.
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