husking-peg

(hus’king-peg), x. Sameas husk- ing-pin. husking-pin (hus’king-pin), ». A pin or claw worn upon the hand to a ist in tearing open the shuck when husking Indian corn. husky! (hus’ki), a. [¢ husk! + -yl.] Abounding with, consisting of, or resembling husks; hence, poor, unprofitable, ete. Most have found A husky harvest from the grudging ground. Dryden, tr. of Virgil’s Georgics, i. 314. husky? (hus’ki), a. [A var. (after husk?) of E. dial. hasky, dry, rough, unpleasant, hask, dry, rough, harsh, parched: see hask1, harsk, harsh. According to Skeat, husky stands for *husty or *hausty,