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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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