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hull
Pronunciation: (hul), [key]—
n.
1. the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
2. the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
3. any covering or envelope.
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v.t.
1. to remove the hull of.
2. Midland U.S.to shell (peas or beans).
hull
Pronunciation: (hul), [key]—
n.
1. the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
2. Aeron.
a. the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off.
b. the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible.
3. hull down, (of a ship) sufficiently far away, or below the horizon, that the hull is invisible.
4. hull up, (of a ship) sufficiently near, or above the horizon, that the hull is visible.
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v.t.
to pierce (the hull of a ship), esp. below the water line.
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v.i.
to drift without power or sails.
Hull
Pronunciation: (hul), [key]—
n.
1. Cor•dell Pronunciation: (kôr'del, kôr-del'), [key] 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: Secretary of State 1933–44; Nobel peace prize 1945.
2. Robert Marvin (Bobby), born 1939, Canadian ice-hockey player.
3. William, 1753–1825, U.S. general.
4. Official name,
Kingston-upon-Hull. a seaport in Humberside, in E England, on the Humber River. 279,700.
5. a city in SE Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa. 61,039.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
