| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hull.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hull) | 1. Remove the hulls from; "hull the berries".[Wordnet]. 2. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.[Websters]. 3. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.[Websters]. 4. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: hulling, hulled, hulls, huller, hullers, hullingly and hulledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HULLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HULLING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Using others to get drugs. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: hull
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Andrew Hull Foote | Andrew Hull Foote (September 12, 1806 - June 26, 1863) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War. (references) | ||
| Bishops Hull | Bishops Hull is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated in the western suburbs of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The parish has a population of 3,694. (references) | ||
| Blair Hull | Marson Blair Hull, Jr. (born September 3, 1942), commonly known as Blair Hull, is an American businessman and politician, notable for his attempt to win the Democratic Party nomination to serve in the United States Senate from Illinois in 2004. He was also founder and chief executive officer of the Hull Group, an equity option market making firm that was sold to Goldman Sachs. (references) | ||
| Brett Hull | Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian-born retired professional ice hockey player, and the son of legendary player Bobby Hull. He is known as one of the game's all-time best scorers with a powerful, accurate shot and announced his retirement on October 15, 2005 as the third-highest all-time goalscorer in the history of the NHL, with 741 goals. (references) | ||
| Burling Hull | Burling Hull (1889-1982) (alias "Volta the Great") was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic," specializing in mentalist and psychic effects. He claimed to be the inventor of the Svengali deck of cards. He was also a shrewd businessman and marketer, and gave talks to magic conventions on business success. (references) | ||
| Cathedral hull | A cathedral hull is a hull shape used in modern boats, usually power-driven. It can be thought of as a kind of vestigial trimaran in which the center hull has two smaller side hulls which are so close to the main hull that there is no longer any open space. In fact a cathedral hull is a vee-bottomed boat with side skirts which extend almost as far forward as the main hull. The airspace between the hulls may be very small or nonexistent--a good example would be the classic "Boston Whaler 13" which is nearly a flat-bottomed scow at the stern. (references) | ||
| Charles Hull | Charles Hull was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. (references) | ||
| Clark L. Hull | Clark Hull was an important American psychologist. He was known as a mechanistic behaviorist. He attempted to explain all of human behavior by way of mechanical laws of behavior. Hull thought that behaviour could not only be predicted and controlled, but the strength can be predicted. He believed that humans work like machines and that the machine works on some types of conditioning. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. (references) | ||
| Cordell Hull | United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Cordell Hull | Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 - July 23, 1955) served as United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hull
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| ASSEMBLER, DECK AND HULL | Occupations | Joins deck and hull sections of fiberglass boats, using handtools and portable power tools: Positions deck on hull and seals seam with caulking compound, using caulking gun. Lays aluminum gunwale strip along deck and hull seam and hammers it into place with mallet. Places drilling template along gunwale strip and drills rivet holes through strip with portable electric drill. Rivets or bolts deck and hull together, using rivet gun or impact wrench. Forces rubber bumper rail into gunwale strip with special roller and cuts off surplus strip with hacksaw. Hammers protective and decorative aluminum channel trim around deck and cabin edges with mallet. May trim edges of transom opening with saw prior to installing protective trim. May sand edges and interior of decks and hull, using power sander. May install miscellaneous hardware, such as mooring cleats, toerails, bulkhead panels, and pulpits, using handtools [BOAT OUTFITTER (ship-boat mfg.)]. (references) | |
| Convex hull | Computing | ||
| Doubled hull | Health | A maritime vessel hull contraction technique using an additional outer layer along the entire hull of the ship, usually several feet away from the internal hull. (references) | |
| Fiberglass (plastic) hull | Energy | Hulls of fiber reinforced plastic. The laminate consists of two basic components, the reinforcing material (glass filaments) and the plastic or resin in which it is embedded. (references) | |
| HULL AND DECK REMOVER | Occupations | Removes fiberglass boat decks and hulls from molds, using handtools: Pries edge of hull or deck from mold, using wooden tool, and taps mold, using mallet to loosen cast. Inserts airhose between mold and cast, or in hole in mold, and opens valve to blow cast loose. Grasps and works cast loose from mold. Places cast on dolly with help of other workers or clamps special lifting tool to tabs on hull and pushes hoist lever to fit loosened hull from mold. May assemble and temporarily join structural members, such as hull, deck, and headlines, using hoist, weights, and clamps. May grind edges of decks and hulls preparatory to removing from mold, using disk sander. (references) | |
| Hull cell | Mining | A special electrodeposition cell giving a range of known current densitiesfor test work. (references) | |
| Hull Cheese | Literature | Strong ale, or rather intoxicating cake, like "tipsy cake," thus described by Taylor, the water-poet: "It is much like a loafe out of a brewer's basket; it is composed of two simples - mault and water, ... and is cousin-germane to the mightiest ale in England. (See vol. ii. of Taylor's Works.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Hull down | Transportation | Said of a distant vessel when only her stack-tops and mast are visible above the horizon. (references) | |
| Hull identification number | Health | A unique twelve-digit identification number assigned to a vessel. (references) | |
| Hull inspector | Energy | Colloquial river term for any large piece of drift or submerged piling, log, rock etc. (references) | |
| HULL INSPECTOR | Occupations | Inspects construction of hulls, compartments, tanks, and decks of ships for conformance to plans and specifications: Examines hulls, hull fittings, and riveting for defects, and alignment of plating and framing. Inspects painted surfaces and caulked edges and seams. Observes testing of tanks, decks, and compartments for strength of material and watertightness. Opens and closes doors, manhole covers, hatches, and hull valves, by hand or remote controls, to verify fit and ease of operation. Inspects heating and ventilation systems to verify size of vent ducts, and to ensure that installation meets specifications. Starts blowers, and measures volume and velocity of air in system, using measuring devices, such as meters and gauges. Inspects piping and valves of ship's service system during pressure test for leakage and strength of material. Records inspection data. May inspect commissioned vessels, afloat or in drydock, for corrosion or deterioration in outer hull, double bottoms, sea chests, and other structural parts. (references) | |
| Hull paramount clause | Insurance | A clause overruling anything in the insurance contract with which it does not coincide. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hull plating | Transportation | A welded assembly of steel plates or an assembly of planks, stiffened by ribs or frames, forming the sides of a hull. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hull slamming | Transportation | Impact of front or rear wheels of bogie on ground at vertical velocity greater than that of an aircraft, caused by added velocity imparted by rotation of bogie beam. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hull sorter | Occupations | Removes defective nuts and foreign matter from bulk nut meats: Observes nut meats on conveyor belt, and picks out broken, shriveled, or wormy nuts and foreign matter, such as leaves and rocks. Places defective nuts and foreign matter into containers. May be designated according to kind of nut meat sorted as Almond Sorter (can. & preserv.); Peanut Sorter (can. & preserv.). (references) | |
| Joint hull understandings | Insurance | A series of understandings of the joint hull committee recommended to underwriters with the aim of obtaining some uniformity in market practice. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Steel hull | Energy | Hulls of sheet steel or steel alloy, not those with steel ribs and wood, canvas or plastic hull coverings. (references) | |
| Wood hull | Energy | Hulls of plywood, molded plywood molded planking, or any other wood fiber in its natural consistency including those of wooden construction that have been "sheathed" with fiberglass or sheet metal. (references) | |
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