husky : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: husky	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for husky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
husky adj 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" Synonym(s): beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly 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 Synonym(s): gruff, hoarse, husky n breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog, husky]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Husky \Hus"ky\, a. Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.] A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin Garland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Husky \Hus"ky\, n.; pl. {-kies}. [Cf. {Eskimo}.] 1. An Eskimo; also, an Eskimo dog. 2. The Eskimo language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Husky \Husk"y\, a. [From {Husk}, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Husky \Hus"ky\, a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hw[d3]sta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[d3]sti. See {Wheeze}.] Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.