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Hull Definition And Meaning |
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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. |
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