Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Cordell Hull, Isaac Hull, Kingston-upon Hull

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

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