tusky

Etymology

From tusk +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Noun

tusky (uncountable)

1. (dialect, Yorkshire) rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
   • 1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “The Rhubarbarians II”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN:

     … mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws
     galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.

Adjective

tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)

1. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
   • 1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)

     […] And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.