husky

(noun) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog. Synonyms: Eskimo dog.

(adj) muscular and heavily built. Synonyms: beefy, burly, strapping, buirdly. Examples: "A beefy wrestler." "Had a tall burly frame." "Clothing sizes for husky boys." "A strapping boy of eighteen." "`buirdly' is a scottish term."

(adj) deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion. Synonyms: gruff, hoarse. Examples: "Gruff voices." "The dog's gruff barking." "Hoarse cries." "Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- virgil thomson."