Hypertext Webster Gateway: "husky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husky \Hus"ky\, a.
Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin
Garland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husky \Hus"ky\, n.; pl. {-kies}. [Cf. {Eskimo}.]
1. An Eskimo; also, an Eskimo dog.
2. The Eskimo language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husky \Husk"y\, a. [From {Husk}, n.]
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husky \Hus"ky\, a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS.
hw[=o]sta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel.
h[=o]sti. See {Wheeze}.]
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
husky
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall
burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; (`buirdly' is a Scottish
term; "a buirdly lad of twelve") [syn: {beefy}, {burly},
{strapping}, {buirdly}]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking";
"hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful
but husky:- Virgil Thomson [syn: {gruff}, {hoarse}]
n : breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: {Eskimo dog}]
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