husk

olki

kuori

kuoria The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

A coconut has a very thick husk.

His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.

The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.

Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.

The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression ...; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched.