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   Hull (?), n. [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, v. t., Hell.]
   1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
   
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   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.
   
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   Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden.
   
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   Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
   
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   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”.
   
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   2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
   
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   Hull, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.]  Shak. Milton.
   
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