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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Husk, n.2 (? e.m.E. and ME. husk a husk, shell, covering, etc., transf.) —1602 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 311.
According to the said patrone [sc. of armour], quhilk had ane corslet, ane husk and ane heid peyce
