husky

husky
husky1
—huskily, adv. —huskiness, n.
/hus"kee/, adj., huskier, huskiest. n., pl. huskies.
adj.
1. big and strong; burly.
2. (of the voice) having a semiwhispered vocal tone; somewhat hoarse, as when speaking with a cold or from grief or passion.
3. like, covered with, or full of husks.
4. made in a size meant for the larger or heavier than average boy: size 18 husky pants.
5. for, pertaining to, or wearing clothing in this size: the husky department; husky boys.
n.
6. a size of garments meant for the larger or heavier than average boy.
[1545-55; HUSK + -Y1]
Syn. 1. robust, brawny, strapping. 2. harsh, gruff, rasping, throaty.
husky2
/hus"kee/, n., pl. huskies. Informal.
a big, strong person.
[1865-70; n. use of HUSKY1, with the suffix taken as -Y2]
husky3
/hus"kee/, n., pl. huskies. (sometimes cap.)
1. See Eskimo dog.
3. Canadian Slang.
a. an Inuit.
b. the language of the Inuit.
[1870-75; by ellipsis from husky dog, husky breed; cf. Newfoundland and Labrador dial. Husky a Labrador Inuit, earlier Huskemaw, Uskemaw, ult. < the same Algonquian source as ESKIMO]

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