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husky ((1)) 1 huskie [< Husky, q.v.] 
n. one of an aboriginal breed of dog, Canis familiaris borealis, probably originating in Siberia, trained by the Eskimo to draw sleds and carry packs.
See also: Eskimo dog husky dog
- 1852 (1889) [On his way to the ship [the dog] was kidnapped by the natives, and not being of a pure huski breed, would most likely be prized by them.]
- 1872 The "huskie," or Esquimaux dogs . . . are only fed once a day, that is in the evening, the meal consisting of fish or about a pound of pemmican.
- 1924 On the Arctic tundras the "Huskies" use long runner-sleds with the little short-legged "husky" dogs who can run all day over the iron-like crusted snow.
- 1966 Even Whitehorse city dogs, jealously maddened by the adulation that the visiting sled-dogs were receiving, fell upon Washington's two huskies and reduced them to a state, nigh onto hamburger.
- 1852 (1889) [On his way to the ship [the dog] was kidnapped by the natives, and not being of a pure huski breed, would most likely be prized by them.]