| brusk | (adjective) marked by rude or peremptory shortness | Synonyms: brusque, curt, short |
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| busk | (verb) play music in a public place and solicit money for it | - |
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| cornhusk | (noun) the husk of an ear of corn | - |
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| cusk | (noun) large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod | Synonyms: Brosme brosme, torsk |
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| (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
| (noun) the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters | - |
| detusk | (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: tusk |
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| dusk | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| (verb) become dusk | - |
| husk | (noun) outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds | - |
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| (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble |
| (verb) remove the husks from | Synonyms: shell |
| mollusk | (noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | Synonyms: mollusc, shellfish |
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| musk | (noun) the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer | - |
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| (noun) an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative | - |
| rusk | (noun) slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp | Synonyms: Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread, zwieback |
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| tusk | (noun) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog | - |
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| (noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | Synonyms: ivory |
| (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: detusk |
| (verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | Synonyms: horn |