Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hull"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hull \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hull \Hull\, v. i.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship
without sails. [Obs.] --Shak. Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hull \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hull
n 1: dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
2: persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or
raspberry
3: 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) [syn: {Hull}, {Isaac
Hull}]
4: United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating
the United Nations (1871-1955) [syn: {Hull}, {Cordell Hull}]
5: a large fishing port in northeastern England [syn: {Hull}, {Kingston-upon
Hull}]
6: the frame or body of ship
v : remove the hulls from, as of fruit
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