English

Noun

tusky ‎(uncountable)

1. (Yorkshire dialect) The sticks produced by the vegetable rhubarb
   • 1981: Tony Harrison, The Rhubarbarians II in collection Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' . Rex Collings, London (1981)

     ... 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.