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A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.]

A sword of Damask steel. No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell

The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it. Hakluyt. Longfellow.

Unkindness; disservice. [R.] A. Tucker.

The skin of the doe.

The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

The state of being dusky.

The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)

The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

State or quality of being frisky.

Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

See Galligaskins.

Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.

The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a.

The spine of a hog. [Obs.]

Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.

Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.