| 单词 | husking |
| 释义 | ▪ I. husking, vbl. n.1|ˈhʌskɪŋ|
[f. husk v.1 + -ing1.]
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 b).
1721B. Lynde Diary (1880) 132 Fair day; husking at Colo's. 1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 195 A..machine for husking. 1793J. Barlow Hasty Pudding 111, The invited neighbors to the husking come. 1848Lowell Fable for Critics 1099 A tight, buxom girl..Who can sing at a husking or romp at a shearing. 1882H. E. Scudder Noah Webster i. 15 Huskings and spinning bees made work and play shade into each other.
b. attrib., as husking-ballad, husking-bee (see bee1 4), husking party; husking-glove, -peg, -pin, articles used in husking Indian corn.
1800Addison Amer. Law Rep. 156 The prisoner and the deceased were at a husking frolic. 1809Husking-bee [see bee1 4]. 1850Whittier Huskers 13 The master of the village school..a husking-ballad sung. 1854Lowell Jrnl. in Italy Pr. Wks. 1890 I. 186 The..husking-bee, where the lads and lassies sit round laughingly busy under the swinging lantern.
▪ II. husking, vbl. n.2
see husk v.2
▪ III. † ˈhusking, a. Obs. rare—1.
[Cf. husk n.2 and husky a. 4.]
Of a cough: Husky, dry, rough.
a1707Bp. Patrick Autobiog. (1839) 19 He had a husking cough, and frequently spit up stones. So I call them, for they resembled cherry-stones. |
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