[ˈhʌski], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a voice or utterance) sounding low-pitched and slightly hoarse
(e.g: his voice became a husky, erotic whisper)

- (of a person) big and strong
(e.g: Paddy looked a husky, strong guy)

- like or consisting of a husk or husks
(e.g: the husky stem of a palm tree)


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[ˈhʌski], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a powerful dog of a breed with a thick double coat which is typically grey, used in the Arctic for pulling sledges


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Origin:
mid 19th century (originally denoting a Labrador Inuit): abbreviation of obsolete Ehuskemay or Newfoundland dialect Huskemaw ‘Eskimo’, probably from Montagnais (see Eskimo). The term replaced the 18th-century term Eskimo dog