The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HUSK
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What does HUSK mean?
HUSK noun- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
- To remove husks from.
- An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
- To cough, clear one's throat.
- To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.