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Webster 1913 Edition
Hull
Hull
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
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
corn2.
To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Hull
,Verb.
I.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
[Obs.]
Shak. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hull
HULL
, n.1.
The outer covering of any thing, particularly of a nut or of grain. Johnson says, the hull of a nut covers the shell.2.
The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards and rigging.To lie a hull, in seamen's language, is to lie as a ship without any sail upon her, and her helm lashed a-lee.
To strike a hull, in a storm, is to take in the sails, and lash the helm on the lee-side of a ship.
HULL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pierce the hull of a ship with a cannon-ball.HULL
,Verb.
I.