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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, husky, 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, husky]
    n 1: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog,
         husky]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Husky \Hus"ky\, a.
   Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]

         A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin
                                                  Garland.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]

Thesaurus Results for Husky:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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