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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hull \Hull\, n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G.
   h["u]lle covering, husk, case, h["u]llen to cover, Goth.
   huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. [root]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.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.
      [1913 Webster]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hull \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.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hull \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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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Hull, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
   Population (2000):    160
   Housing Units (2000): 78
   Land area (2000):     0.330810 sq. miles (0.856793 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.330810 sq. miles (0.856793 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            40532
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             34.013201 N, 83.294470 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     30646
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hull, GA
    Hull


5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Hull, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    474
   Housing Units (2000): 213
   Land area (2000):     1.835731 sq. miles (4.754521 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.010444 sq. miles (0.027051 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.846175 sq. miles (4.781572 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            36516
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             39.707845 N, 91.205132 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     62343
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hull, IL
    Hull


6. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Hull, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    1960
   Housing Units (2000): 709
   Land area (2000):     1.196272 sq. miles (3.098330 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.196272 sq. miles (3.098330 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            37515
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             43.190203 N, 96.134390 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     51239
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hull, IA
    Hull


7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Hull, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
   Population (2000):    11050
   Housing Units (2000): 5366
   Land area (2000):     3.028307 sq. miles (7.843279 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    25.178487 sq. miles (65.211979 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    28.206794 sq. miles (73.055258 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            31680
   Located within:       Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
   Location:             42.286347 N, 70.876630 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     02045
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hull, MA
    Hull


Thesaurus Results for Hull,:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
argosy, bark, boat, body, boll, bottom, bran, bucket, burr, capsule, case, chaff, cod, corn shuck, cornhusk, craft, follicle, frame, framework, hooker, hulk, husk, jacket, keel, legume, legumen, leviathan, packet, palea, pease cod, peel, pericarp, pod, rind, seed pod, seed vessel, seedbox, seedcase, shell, ship, shuck, silique, skeleton, skin, slough, structure, tub, vessel, watercraft
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