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HULL-LESS

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hull

2  [huhl]
–noun
1. the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
2. Aeronautics.
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to pierce (the hull of a ship), esp. below the water line.
–verb (used without object)
4. to drift without power or sails.
—Idioms
5. hull down, (of a ship) sufficiently far away, or below the horizon, that the hull is invisible.
6. hull up, (of a ship) sufficiently near, or above the horizon, that the hull is visible.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME; special use of hull 1

Related forms:
hull-less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

hull  (2)
"body of a ship," 1571, perhaps from hull (1) on fancied resemblance of ship keels to open peapods (cf. L. carina "keel of a ship," originally "shell of a nut;" Gk. phaselus "light passenger ship, yacht," lit. "bean pod;" Fr. coque "hull of a ship, shell of a walnut or egg"). Alternate etymology is from M.E. hoole "ship's keel" (c.1440), from the same source as hold (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
hull   (hŭl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.

  2. The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.


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