Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hulk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hulk \Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift
ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho;
perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf. {Wolf}, {Holcad}.]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. ``Some
well-timbered hulk.'' --Spenser.
2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat.
3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak.
{Shear hulk}, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
take out the masts of a ship.
{The hulks}, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hulk \Hulk\, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw.
h[*a]lka.]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a
hare. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hulk
n 1: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: {giant},
{heavyweight}, {whale}]
2: a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
v : appear very large [syn: {loom}, {tower}]
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