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Hull

Hull Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hull? [n] the frame or body of ship [n] a large fishing port in northeastern England [n] United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) [n] United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843) [n] persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry [n] dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut [v] remove the hulls from, as of fruit Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hull: Cordell Hull \| Isaac Hull \| Kingston-upon Hull Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hull: argosy \| bark \| boat \| body \| boll \| bottom \| bran \| bucket \| burr \| capsule \| case \| chaff \| cod \| corn shuck \| cornhusk \| craft \| follicle \| frame \| framework \| hooker \| hulk \| husk \| jacket \| keel \| legume \| legumen \| leviathan \| packet \| palea \| pease cod \| peel \| pericarp \| pod \| rind \| seed pod \| seed vessel \| seedbox \| seedcase \| shell \| ship \| shuck \| silique \| skeleton \| skin \| slough \| structure \| tub \| vessel \| watercraft See Also \| calyx \| city \| construction \| diplomat \| diplomatist \| England \| Humber Bridge \| husk \| keel \| keelson \| metropolis \| naval officer \| port \| remove \| rib \| rider plate \| shell \| structure \| take \| take away \| urban center \| vessel \| watercraft \| withdraw Hull In Webster's Dictionary \Hull\, n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. h["u]lle covering, husk, case, h["u]llen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. [root]17. See {Hele}, v. t., {Hell}.] 1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk. 2. [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. --Dryden. {Hull down}, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea. \Hull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hulling}.] 1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball. \Hull\, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] --Shak. Milton.

Hull Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hull?

[n] the frame or body of ship
[n] a large fishing port in northeastern England
[n] United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
[n] United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
[n] persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
[n] dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
[v] remove the hulls from, as of fruit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hull: Cordell Hull | Isaac Hull | Kingston-upon Hull

Hull In Webster's Dictionary

\Hull\, n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G.
h["u]lle covering, husk, case, h["u]llen to cover, Goth.
huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. [root]17. See
{Hele}, v. t., {Hell}.]
1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or
   of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

2. [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship,
   E. hold.] (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive
   of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.

         Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
                                               --Dryden.

{Hull down}, said of a ship so distant that her hull is
   concealed by the convexity of the sea.


\Hull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hulling}.]
1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free
   from integument; as, to hull corn.

2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.


\Hull\, v. i.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship
without sails. [Obs.] --Shak. Milton.

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