Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. From LearnThat.org. [Henrik Ibsen]
husk corn. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The 'peas' are not oval, but the husk is -- sorta. From Wordnik.com. [What are those little green almond-like things sold on the street?] Reference
In an oven heated at 350, cook corn in husk for 25 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
The clear water, fresh and cool in its thick insulated husk, is refreshing. From Wordnik.com. [First flight - an excerpt from the book: Agave Marias] Reference
The tomatillo fruit is surrounded by a paper-like husk, hence the name husk tomato. From Wordnik.com. [Chow Times] Reference
In parts of Virginia, before the war, the word husk or hus 'meant the cob or spike of the corn. From Wordnik.com. [The Hoosier Schoolmaster]
Corn still in the husk is fabulous microwaved for 3 minutes, the silks come away with great ease and the corn is terrific. From Wordnik.com. [Microwaving Beats Boiling For Veggies | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
The hairy looking husk is just thick enough that a knife should be used to slice through the skin, revealing the pale fruit inside. From Wordnik.com. [You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Rambutan] Reference
It is basically Psyllium husk, which is all natural. From Wordnik.com. [How to clean your ass before anal sex ?] Reference
They are variously called husk tomatoes or ground cherries. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Rittenhouse Square] Reference
It is pounded to loosen the husk, which is very hard to get off. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Now In England] Reference
If you prefer a more intense corn flavor, grilling in the husk is the preferred method. From Wordnik.com. [Postbulletin.com Local News] Reference
The inner coat of the husk is the smooth, white, scaly part of the core that holds them. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Most of the silicon in barley is found in the husk, which is not greatly affected during malting. From Wordnik.com. [Emaxhealth] Reference
The majority of the silicon in barley is in the husk, which is not affected greatly during malting. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
"Well, they've got her now -- the husk, that is: I've kep the kernel," tapping his breast-pocket once again. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
When the shell can no longer be penetrated they continue to eat away the husk, which is equally fatal to the nut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Whether it hulls readily or comes free of the husk is a minor consideration, provided that the nut itself has the desired characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Christopher Reeve was plugged into machines - should he have been referred to as a "husk" and unplugged?. From Wordnik.com. [Suing your own abortionist for making you witness the murder of your accidentally delivered child.] Reference
Swed. skulle, Norw. skult), probably related to O.E. scealu "husk" see shell). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
"husk" in this way, to me, certainly reflects the scalpel of historico / criticism rather than any kind of. From Wordnik.com. [Inhabitatio Dei] Reference
Long husk like parent hazel, but lacking prickles of the wild. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
One to 7 nuts in cluster in fancy frilled and rolled back husk. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
These were dried and cleaned of the husk by hand or by machinery. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Others included leaf hoppers, tent caterpillars, and husk maggots. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
They assisted to plant, to make hay, to husk, and to garner the corn. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
It is sown in the husk, but in its rising it leaveth that husk behind it. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Under the husk, which you discard, are a little berry-like tomatoey fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Rittenhouse Square] Reference
Her husk thudded to the linoleum, shaking the last of the glued shells to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking Open] Reference
Roanne held fast to the husk of her dream, to reshape men's eyes and be free. From Wordnik.com. [Echoes] Reference
As with tomatillas, you peel away the papery husk and just eat the "berry" that sits within. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Long Island's North Fork] Reference
After this it is threshed, winnowed, and ground in mills made of wood, to free the rice from the husk. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
Left, farm laborers separate wheat grains from its husk at a market in Amritsar, India, April 20, 2010. From Wordnik.com. [Monsoon's Bounty] Reference
DAN CHARLES: Rodolfo Rubio rips the husk off an ear of corn and shows off the gleaming rows of white kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Honduras Embraces Genetically Modified Crops] Reference
A cloth, colorless muslin, lay flat to soak the water and finally the almond itself enfolded to soften its husk over night. From Wordnik.com. [Almond] Reference
We stood at the window and saw the boys rolling further into the emptied guts of the whale, almost inside its ruptured husk. From Wordnik.com. [Dump like no other.] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. CLARKE: (unintelligible) dry husk, gibbering and I just kind of - I actually (unintelligible) he's okay here. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Chip Finds Magic in the 'Dark'] Reference
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