As a matter of fact, however, they who subsist on leaves of trees, or use two stones only or their teeth alone for husking their grain, or live upon water only or air alone, succeed in conquering hell.
They do not use a regular husking or cleaning apparatus for cleaning the grain they use as food.
One night on his way home from a husking bee or house raising, he found an unfortunate man lying on the roadside overcome with drink.
I imagined once I heard the rustle of a silk dress but I am satisfied now that I was mistaken as I believe the sound was caused by the girls husking roasting ears for supper.
When the knife had done its work, the flesh was raised between the gashes and a skewer of wood, much resembling the old-fashioned husking peg, was forced through the flesh beneath the skin.
So he approached the trees, drawing the huskingstand behind him by force and, placing himself between them, uprooted the trees.
Finding him fear-stricken, she threw down the stick and tried to fasten him to the husking stand.
If the pots were out of reach, he would raise himself on seats or husking stools and bear those hanging pots away to get at their contents.
While Krishna was fastened to the husking stand, the pair of Arjuna trees drew his attention.
But if corn-planting be done in a lively and satisfied, and not a slavish spirit, corn-gathering and husking is a season of decided thankfulness and merriment.
And we can thus perceive why it is that the word wagemin is alone competent to excite merriment in the husking circle.
From the first day's husking a bushel of ears was reserved from the crib and was spread on a chamber floor to dry quickly; later this was taken to the mill and ground into samp, one of the prized luxuries of the autumn bill of fare.
The old-time harvesting and husking are passing from the New York farm of to-day.
Mr. Simlins gently went forth; and in a minute after was in the midst of his husking party in the barn.
On that eventful evening, Mr. Simlins had a husking bee; and in his barn were met a fair representation of the Pattaquasset men and boys--especially boys.
Earle's Home Life in Colonial Days copies an account written in 1757, picturing another form of entertainment yet popular in the rural districts: "Made a husking Entertainm't.
I was going to town to school while you were plowing and husking corn.
And Cynthia said that Sally was a dear, good girl, and she did n't believe one word of the story that she only really found one red ear at the husking that night, and hid that and kept pulling it out as if it were a new one.
And then John asked Cynthia if she had seen Sally Hawkes since the husking at their house, when Sally found so many red ears; and didn't she think she was a real pretty girl.
The natives were too occupied in fighting to devote much time to husking and drying coco-nuts, except when they wanted to get money to buy arms and ammunition.
Illustration: "Called the young men and the maidens, To the harvest of the cornfields, To the husking of the maize ear.
When Haka Kaina's forces came in sight of Wamarawi, the two sisters were out husking acorns.
These were the Planting Festival and the joyous Harvest Festival, at the gathering and husking of the corn.
The young squaws were busily employed husking the ears of corn, and throwing them together into heaps, after which they braided them into bunches of twenty[48] to be hung up and dried.
When the half-witted old man left his husking of corn and came into the wood to meet Elmer Cowley, he was neither surprised nor especially interested in the sudden appearance of the young man.
They were husking corn and occasionally something was said and they laughed.
A smile came to his lips and he began making motions with his long arms to a man who was husking corn in one of the fields.
Some women were engaged inhusking rice in a mortar with a wooden beater; these had no dress above the waist.
At the maize-husking season in Portugal there is many a gay assembly.
In the mountains of Virginia and in Ohio they are making maple sugar; in Kentucky and Tennessee they are sowing oats; in Illinois they are, perchance, husking the corn which has remained on the stalk in the field all winter.
Malas and Madigas freely enter Kapu houses for the purpose of husking paddy, but are not allowed into the kitchen, or room in which the household gods are worshipped.
He flew to a tree from which he could get a good look at her where she was husking the paddi.
In husking rice the Penyahbongs, Saputans, and Penihings have the same method of gathering the grains back again under the pestle with the hands instead of with the feet, as is the custom of the Kenyahs and Kayans.
I was husking paddi, and Bird liked to look at me.
But for this interruption I could have finished husking that row before the dinner-horn blew.
As it was, I could draw my pay for husking corn on Saturday night, and begin accumulating salary as a schoolmaster on Monday.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "husking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
