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Definition[1]

thusa : [m.] chaff; husk of grain.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Thusa (nt.) [Vedic tuṣa (m.)] husk of grain, chaff A i.242 (together w. other qualities of corn); J iv.8; Vism 346.<-> athusa D iii.199.
   -- aggi a fire of husks Nett 23; -- odaka gruel (=sabbasambhārehi kataŋ sovīrakaŋ Pug A 232) D i.166= A i.295=Pug 55; -- pacchi a bird stuffed with chaff, a straw -- bird J i.242; -- piṇḍa a lump of husks Vin ii.151; -- rāsi a heap of h. DhA i.309; -- homa an oblation of h. D i.9 (=DA i.93; v. l. BB kana, for kaṇa; cp. kaṇahoma D i.9).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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