The moment any vessel is noticed steering for these islands [Whalefish Islands], the Esquimaux, or "Huskies,"* as the Danes customarily term them, come off in sufficient numbers to satisfy you that you are near the haunts of uncivilized men, and will afford sufficient information to guide any stranger to his anchorage. *"Husky" is their own term. I recollect the chorus to a song at Kamtchatka was "Husky, Husky." ["Last of the Arctic Voyages," London, 1855]
来自husk,谷壳。即像谷壳一样粗糙的或谷壳磨擦的声音，形容声音沙哑的。
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来自加拿大英语hoskey,爱斯基摩人，Eskimo拼写变体。原指爱斯基摩人拉雪橇的犬，速度极快，力量极大，甚至极端暴力，但现在的宠物哈士奇已经失去了这种野性。-y, 表亲昵，如baby,buddy,sissy,daddy,mommy,hubby,hussy.