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Hull
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- 1 A placename:; A river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which flows into the Humber. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; The common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; Hull, Quebec: The central business district and oldest neighborhood of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A city in Madison County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A village in Pike County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A city in Sioux County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Emmons County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Liberty County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename:; Any of various places in the United States:; A town in Portage County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 14 A surname. countable
- 1 The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- 2 The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
"VVhen you haue berthed or brought her [the ship] vp to the planks, vvhich are thoſe thicke timbers vvhich goeth fore and aft on each ſide, vvhereon doth lie the beames of the firſt Orlop, vvhich is the firſt floore to ſupport the plankes doth couer the Hovvle, thoſe are great croſſe timbers, that keepes the ſhip ſides aſunder, the maine beame is euer next the maine maſt, […]"
- 3 the frame or body of ship wordnet
- 4 Any covering.
- 5 The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
"The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon."
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- 6 persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry wordnet
- 7 dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut wordnet
- 1 To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
"She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts."
- 2 To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled. intransitive, obsolete
"We goe not, but we are carried: as things that flote, now gliding gently, now hulling violently, according as the water is, either stormy or calme."
- 3 remove the hulls from wordnet
- 4 To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc. transitive
"During this action, we had not a man killed or wounded, although the enemy often hulled us, and once, in particular, a shot coming into one of our ports, dismounted one of our guns between decks […]"
Etymology
From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). Compare Dutch hul (“hood”), German Hülle (“cover, wrap”), Hülse (“hull”); also Old Irish calad, calath (“hard”), Latin callus, callum (“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to cool, harden”). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).
From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). Compare Dutch hul (“hood”), German Hülle (“cover, wrap”), Hülse (“hull”); also Old Irish calad, calath (“hard”), Latin callus, callum (“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to cool, harden”). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).
From Middle English holle, hoole (“hull, hold of a ship, ship”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant and special use of Etymology 1 above, conformed to hull. Alternatively, a variant of Middle English hole, hoole, holle (“hiding place, lair, den, shelter, compartment”, literally “hole, hollow”), related to Middle Dutch and Dutch hol (“hole, ship's cargo hold”). More at hole.
From Middle English holle, hoole (“hull, hold of a ship, ship”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant and special use of Etymology 1 above, conformed to hull. Alternatively, a variant of Middle English hole, hoole, holle (“hiding place, lair, den, shelter, compartment”, literally “hole, hollow”), related to Middle Dutch and Dutch hol (“hole, ship's cargo hold”). More at hole.
The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypercorrect Southern form. The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.
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