Hull /(?)/

Hull

n.
  1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
  2. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. (Naut.)
    Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.

Phrases & Compounds
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.
  1. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.]