Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
HUSKY, adj. Of weather: rough, boisterous, stormy, disagreeable (Ork. 1929 Marw., Sh. 1957).
[Cf. Norw. dial. huska, to shudder with cold, husken, bleak of weather, Sw. dial. huska, to be raw and cold.]
