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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hull

/hŭl/ · IPA /hʌl/
01 n. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
  1. 1.
    The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
  2. 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.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Hull down — said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
02 v. t. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
imp. & p. p. Hulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hulling
  1. 1.
    To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
  2. 2.
    To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
03 v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
  1. 1.
    To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.[Obs.]