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hull.
1. Probably from the German hulla or hulle, a cloak or covering, the main body of a ship apart from its masts, rigging, and all internal fittings, including engines, etc. It consists virtually of the upper deck, sides, and bottom of a ship. Hull-down, a ship so far distant that only its masts and/or sails, funnels, etc. are visible above the horizon. Before the 18th century merchant sailing vessels were traditionally classified by their hulls, not their rigs. In 1768 Frederik af Chapman, a naval architect, published a book, Architectura Navalis Mercatoria. This divided the various hull shapes into five categories: frigate, hagboat (or heck-boat), pink, cat, and bark (barque), and each of these could have any of the rigs by which sailing ships were later identified, i.e. schooner, brig, brigantine, etc. The change to identifying a ship by its rig was gradual, though by 1769 William Falconer in The Dictionary of the Marine was writing that most of the different categories of hull form were becoming very similar and that the term ‘bark’ was ‘a general name given to small ships; it is, however, peculiarly appropriated by seamen to those which carry three masts without a mizzen topsail’. 2. When used as a verb, to hull a ship is to penetrate its hull with shot; to strike hull, in a sailing vessel, is to take in all sail in a storm and to lie with the helm lashed a-lee so that it could heave to; and a ship is said to be hulling when it drives to and fro without rudder or sail or engine power. |
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"hull." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hull." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hull.html "hull." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hull.html |
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hull1 / həl/ • n. the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings. • v. [tr.] (usu. be hulled) hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a shell or other missile. DERIVATIVES: hulled adj. [in comb.] a wooden-hulled narrowboat. hull2 • n. the outer covering of a fruit or seed, esp. the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain. ∎ the green calyx of a strawberry or raspberry. • v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (hulled) remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain). |
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"hull." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hull." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hull015.html "hull." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hull015.html |
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hull n. the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
v. (usually be hulled) hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a shell or other missile. hulled adj.: a wooden-hulled narrowboat. |
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"hull." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hull." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-hull.html "hull." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-hull.html |
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hull1 (dial.) shell of peas and beans. Late OE. hulu, f. base of helan cover.
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T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hull.html T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hull.html |
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hull2 body or frame of a ship. XV (ho(o)le, holle). perh. sb. use of hol HOLLOW.
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T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hull1.html T. F. HOAD. "hull." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hull1.html |
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hull See husk.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "hull." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "hull." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-hull.html DAVID A. BENDER. "hull." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-hull.html |
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•annul, cull, dull, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, scull, skull, Solihull, trull, Tull
•seagull • multihull • monohull
•numbskull • Elul
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"hull." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hull." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hull.html "hull." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hull.html |
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