Husky

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Husky \Husk"y\, a. [From {Husk}, n.]
     Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Husky \Hus"ky\, a.
     Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
  
           A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin
                                                    Garland.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Husky \Hus"ky\, n.; pl. {-kies}. [Cf. {Eskimo}.]
     1. An Eskimo. [archaic]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. The Eskimo language. [archaic]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. an Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated
        dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of
        North America.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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" [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}]
       [also: {huskiest}, {huskier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "husky":
     Herculean, Siberian husky, ass, beast of burden, beefy, big,
     bouncing, brassy, brawny, brazen, bull, burly, camel, choked,
     coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, doughty, draft animal,
     dromedary, dry, elephant, fat, forceful, forcible, forcy,
     full-blooded, full-strength, gigantic, great, gruff, gutsy,
     guttural, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, harsh,
     harsh-sounding, hearty, hefty, hoarse, horse, iron-hard, llama,
     lusty, malamute, metallic, mighty, mule, muscular, nervy,
     obstinate, ox, pack horse, potent, powerful, puissant, ragged,
     rasping, raucid, raucous, red-blooded, reindeer, robust,
     robustious, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, sledge dog, squawking,
     squawky, stalwart, steely, stertorous, stout, strangled, strapping,
     strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy,
     sumpter, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, thick, thickset, throaty,
     tinny, tough, vigorous, well-built