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When three days have passed, some unhusked rice is brought, and the accused man is told to husk it by rubbing it between his palms.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The procurement price for unhusked early rice on June 23 was 19 percent higher than a year ago, according to a Cngrain.com index.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 30, 2011
They have a store of unhusked rice, which is damp and inedible, and many people now survive on coconuts blown down from the trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In the Bogalay area, the harvest was almost complete when Nargis struck, although much of it now lies unhusked in cyclone-crippled rice mills.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In one corner of the room there was a pile of green unhusked coconuts.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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