Part 5457

<hw>Hush</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Stillness; silence; quiet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "It is the <i>hush</i> of night."

<i>Byron.</i>

<cs><col>Hush money</col>, <cd>money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.</cd></cs>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hush</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hush</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Silent; quiet.</def> "<i>Hush</i> as death."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Husher</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hush"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An usher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hushing</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hush"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called <i>booming</i>.</def>

<h1>Husk</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Husk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. for <ets>hulsk</ets>, and from the same root as <ets>hull</ets> a husk. See <er>Hull</er> a husk.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The supporting frame of a run of millstones.</def>

<cs><col>Husks of the prodigal son</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the pods of the carob tree. See <er>Carob</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Husk</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Husk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Husked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Husking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To strip off the external covering or envelope of; <as>as, to <ex>husk</ex> Indian corn</as>.</def>

<h1>Husked</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Husked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with a husk.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.</def>

<h1>Huskily</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hus"ki*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Husky</er>.]</ety> <def>In a husky manner; dryly.</def>

<h1>Huskiness</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hus"ki*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being husky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; <as>as, <ex>huskiness</ex> of voice</as>.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<hr> <page="715"> Page 715<p>