Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Husk \Husk\, n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull
   a husk. See {Hull} a husk.]
   1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
      seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
      applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

   2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

   {Husks of the prodigal son} (Bot.), the pods of the carob
      tree. See {Carob}.