We are prone to think lightly of it because it lies on the surface, and to speak of it as a mere coating, or covering-a sort of body husk; but it is very much more than this.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
It should, however, be very thoroughly chewed and eaten moderately, on account of the thick, firm indigestible husk which surrounds the kernel.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Had you not mumbled only the husk of Scripture, counting its letters and wearing it on your foreheads, but had you, through God's law, entered into sympathy with His purpose on earth, had you, through all that Scripture tells you of Him, learned His nature, and learned to love Him, you would at once have recognised Me as His messenger.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods