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Webster 1913 Edition

Hull

Hull

,
Noun.
[OE.
hul
,
hol
, shell, husk, AS.
hulu
; akin to G.
hülle
covering, husk, case,
hüllen
to cover, Goth.
huljan
to cover, AS.
helan
to hele, conceal. √17. See
Hele
,
Verb.
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

,
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
corn
.
2.
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.
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls; as, to hull grain.
1.
To pierce the hull of a ship with a cannon-ball.

HULL

,
Verb.
I.
To float or drive on the water without sails.

Definition 2024

hüll

hüll

See also: hull and Hull

German

Verb

hüll

  1. Imperative singular of hüllen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hüllen.

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