hull

6 definitions found

hull - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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              Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is
        concealed by the convexity of the sea.
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  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.
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     2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
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  Hull \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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hull - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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 1: remove the hulls from; "hull the berries"

hull - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Hull, GA (city, FIPS 40532)
    Location: 34.01475 N, 83.29349 W
    Population (1990): 156 (79 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 30646
  Hull, IA (city, FIPS 37515)
    Location: 43.19021 N, 96.13269 W
    Population (1990): 1724 (634 housing units)
    Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 51239
  Hull, IL (village, FIPS 36516)
    Location: 39.70911 N, 91.20498 W
    Population (1990): 514 (234 housing units)
    Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62343
  Hull, MA (CDP, FIPS 31680)
    Location: 42.30297 N, 70.88329 W
    Population (1990): 10466 (5256 housing units)
    Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 65.4 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02045
  Hull, TX
    Zip code(s): 77564

hull - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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