Word Finder - husks

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

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A coconut has a very thick husk.

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Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

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

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The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

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To remove husks from.

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To cough, clear one's throat.

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To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

He also likes to throw his old sunflower husks at them!

The haulm and husks are either used for litter or burned, and the ashes spread upon the land.

To obtain white rice you must first remove the husks from rough or paddy rice, leaving the brown rice kernel.

Pull back husks on each ear of corn, leaving husks attached at base.

It is a long process which involves soaking the coconut husks in pits in the ground.

The outer husks have been used to make a dark brown natural dye.

The green husks of the fruit, boiled, make a good yellow dye.

As an added bonus, removing the black husks also eliminates the mess that they can leave in the garden.

You may also wish to take some psyllium husks in water which provides good fiber.

Fold husks back around corn; tie at top with string or strip of corn husk.

The coconuts commonly found in Western supermarkets have the green husks removed, so they are no longer viable as seeds.

Loosen the husks from the top of the corn, leaving them firmly attached at the base.

If you want to prevent the husks from turning black during the cooking process, pre-soak the corn in water.

Wrapping a bouquet with grapevine, corn husks, or raffia for a subtle fall touch.

Bee pollen in its pure form consists of mainly indigestible, chewy husks - so the pollen must be processed into a supplement form.

The most common ingredient is psyllium husks, followed by the plant starch cellulose.

It supposedly attacks quickly and ferociously leaving only the desiccated husks of its kills behind.

The health supplement market is loaded with products containing bran and psyllium husks that are notably high in the insoluble form of fiber.

Winnowing is the process of removing the husks from the cocoa bean.

Use a coarse grinder to crack the husks.

You can also crack the beans with a hammer or a nutcracker and use a blow dryer to blow away the loose husks.

Because fall is the harvest season, corn and corn husks are common as well.

If you have a good source of corn husks, either saved during the summer, supplied by a local farmer, or the local craft store, you can make corn husk dolls.

Soak the corn husks in water for about 10 minutes so they become soft and workable.

Oatmeal is made from the kiln-dried grain from which the husks have been removed; and the form of the food is the well-known "porridge."

The enlarged spiny scales scattered over the back look as if it were sprinkled with the dried husks of seeds.

For this use the fruits are annually gathered between the months of August and November, before they are quite ripe, and deprived of their husks.

They contain, in loo parts without husks, nitrogenous substances 22.7, fat 3.76, starch 63.18, mineral matters 2.6 parts, with water (Forbes Watson, quoted in Parkes's Hygiene).

It is only floss, injured and unreelable cocoons, the husks of reeled cocoons, and other waste from reeling, with certain wild silks, which are treated by the spun silk process, and the silk thereby produced loses much of the beauty, strength and brilliance which are characteristic of the manufactures from reeled silk.

Also psyllium husks or Linseed - take a tablespoon at night for a bowel movement in the morning.

The rice husks were removed by crushing with a mortar or pounding with a wooden hammer.