HUSKY
ADJECTIVES
► BARSK harsh, husky → Bk1898 Sc.
► BULL-BUILT husky, burly → 1935 Amer. dial.
► FEATHERY of the voice: husky → 1881
► FURRED of the voice: husky → 1666 obs.
► HASKY husky → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THICK-WINDED bad at breathing, husky → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► GROOZLE ► GRUZZLE to speak huskily, to make a faint inarticulate sound → 1899 Sc.
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