HUSKS

noun

1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
2. Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

verb

1. To remove husks from.

verb

1. To cough, clear one's throat.
2. To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.