Husks
[hʌsks]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Hulls, glumes, chaff.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- Nearly every Mexican carried a pouch of leaf tobacco, powdered by rolling in the hands, and a roll of corn husks to make wrappers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The criticism I am making is of those who try to feed upon the husks alone. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The fibrous husks of cocoanuts are prepared in such a way as to form cellulose, which is used for the protection of warships, preventing the inflow of water through shot holes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These I heated before the fire, as well as I could, and rubbed them till the husks came off, which I made a shift to winnow from the grain. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He was touching unconsciously the dead husks of flowers as he passed by, and talking disconnectedly to himself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then one needn't assert anything--' He stood still, looking at the water, and throwing upon it the husks of the flowers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Mattie