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ˈcorn-husk U.S.
The husk of coarse leaves enclosing the ear of Indian corn.
1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 122 They scrubbed him with corn-husks. 1864E. Sargent Peculiar II. 221 The corn-husk punishment... Dry corn-husks are..lighted, and the burning embers are whipped off..so as to fall in showers of live sparks on the naked back.
So corn-husker, one who strips the husks from the ears of Indian corn; also a machine for this purpose. corn-husking, the husking of Indian corn; a gathering of neighbours at the house of a farmer to assist him in husking his Indian corn, usually finishing up with feasting and dancing; also called husking bee.
1818M. L. Weems Drunkard's Looking Glass (ed. 6) 4 Whether at a Funeral..or a Cock-fight, a Corn-husking. 1834Crockett Narr. Life x. 71 He made a great corn husking, and a great frolic, and gave a general treat. 1852Haliburton Traits Amer. Hum. (Bartlett), There was a corn-husking, and I went along with Sal Stebbins. 1858Rep. Comm. Patents I. 358, I claim an improved corn⁓husker. 1871Amer. Naturalist V. 317 Several Indian Stone implements..which are said to bear a striking resemblance to iron corn huskers now in use in the West. 1876Rep. Vermont Board Agric. III. 609 The corn harvest may now be greatly accelerated by the use of the corn husker driven by horse power. 1886S. Longfellow Life Longfellow I. ii. 19 In autumn entering into the work and fun of the corn-husking. 1890Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Dec., A big corn-husking match..each contestant husked and cribbed about 150 bushels. Mod. U.S. Newspaper Advt., The best corn-husker made. |