hulk 
sacred Patron ! pacifle thine ire ; 
Bring home our Hulk ; these angry floods retire. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Ark. 
As when the Mast of some well-timbred hulke 
Is with the blast of some outragious storme 
Blowne downe. Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 29. 
2. Anything bulky or unwieldy; a large un- 
wieldy person. 
Harry Monmouth's brawn, the hulk Sir John, 
Is prisoner to your sou. Shah., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 
The hulk of a tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood in the 
corner of a street, shadowed me from notice. Up. Hall. 
3. [By confusion with hull 2 , q. v.] The body of 
a ship or decked vessel of any kind ; particu- 
larly, the body of an old ship or vessel which 
is laid up as unfit for sea-service, or a dismasted 
wreck. 
Nay, even the hulks of the ships that carried them, 
though not converted into constellations In the heavens, 
used to be honoured and visited as sacred relics upon 
earth. Cook, Third Voyage, I. 1. 
4f. [By confusion with hull 1 , q. v.] A hull or 
husk. Pegge The hulks, in England, old or dis- 
masted ships formerly used as prisons. 
There was one H , who, I learned, in after days was 
seen expiating some maturer offence in the hullti. 
Lamb, Christ's Hospital. 
hulk 2 (hulk), n. [< ME. hulke, holke, a hut, 
hovel, sty, < AS. hulc, a hulk, hovel, prob. con- 
nected with hulu, E. hull 1 , and AS. *hulian, E. 
hill 2 , cover, from the root of AS. helan, ME. 
helen, E. heal 2 , cover, hide : see hull 1 , hill 2 , and 
heal 2 .'] if. A hut. 
The! maden litle housis (ether hulkis) in desert places. 
Wyclif, Wisdom xi. 2 (Purv.). 
2. A pigsty or a cattle-pen. [Prov. Eng.] 
hulk 3 (hulk), . [E. dial., = E. holly", AS. 
holegn; the -k repr. the orig. guttural.] The 
holly. [Prov. Eng.] 
hulk* (hulk), v. t. [A dial. var. of hoik.'] 1. 
To take out the entrails of : as, to hulk a hare. 
[Rare.] 
I could hulk your grace, and hang you up cross-leg'd, 
Like a hare at a poulter's. Beau, and Fl., Philaster, v. 
2. In mining, to take down or remove, as the 
softer part of a lode, before removing the harder 
part. See gouge, n., 5. 
hulk* (hulk), n. [< hulk*, .] In mining: (a) 
The removal of the gouge or soft part from the 
side of the lode before breaking any part of 
the hard metalliferous portion of it down. (6) 
The excavation made by this operation. 
hulking (hul'king), a. [< hulk 1 , 2, + -ing 2 .'] 
Unwieldy; heavy and clumsy. [Colloq.] 
You are grown a large hulking fellow since I saw you 
last. Brooke, Fool of Quality, II. 105. 
hulk7(hul'ki),. [< hulk 1 + -y 1 .] If. Bulky; 
unwieldy. 2. Clumsy; loutish; hulking. [Col- 
loq.] 
1 want to go first and have a round with that hulky fel- 
low who turned to challenge me. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, Ivi. 
hull 1 (hul), n. [< ME. hide, hole, hoole, holl. a 
hull, husk, shell, < AS. hulu, hull, husk, = MD. 
hulle, D. hul, a veil, covering for the head, hood, 
cap, = OHG. hulla, MHG. G. hiille, a veil, cover, 
hood, cap, sheath, husk, case ; also with f orma- 
tive -s, MD. hulse, also hulsehe, huldsche, D. hulze, 
hull, husk, cod, case, = MLG. huls, LG. hulse = 
OHG. hulsa, MHG. huls, hulse, Imlsche, hulsehe, 
G. hulse, hull, husk, etc. ; connected with the 
verb, AS. *hulian, ME. hulen, hilen, hillen, E. hill 2 , 
cover (of. So. hill = hull), ult. from the root of 
AS. helen, ME. helen, cover, hide : see heal 2 , hill 2 , 
and cf. hull 2 .] An outer covering, particularly 
of a nut or of grain; a husk. 
The hulkes, hulles, or skinnes of grapes, when their 
moisture is crushed and pressed out. Nomenclator. 
I learnt more from her in a flash 
Than if my brainpan were an empty hull, 
And every Muse tumbled a science in. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
To unhusk truth a-hiding in its hulls. 
Browning, King and Book, I. 988. 
= Syn. Busk, etc. See ././//, n. 
hull 1 (hul), v. t. [< ME. hullen; < hull 1 , n.'] 1. 
To strip off the hull or hulls of: as, to hull 
grain; to hull strawberries. 2f. To strip off. 
Hastili hulde we the hides of thise bestes, 
Greithe we vs in that gere to go ferther hennes. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2587. 
Hulled barley. See Scotch barley, under barley!. Hulled 
corn, a preparation of whole grains of Indian corn or maize 
for food, made by maceration in a weak lye to remove the 
hulls, subsequent cleansing, and a thorough boiling in 
milk. 
hull' 2 (hul), n. [Conformed to, and usually iden- 
tified with, hull 1 , as if the ' shell ' of a ship, 
2912 
but really a different word ; < ME. holl, nolle, 
hoolc, hole, the hull of a ship, a particular use 
of hole 1 , a hollow. Hull' 2 is thus identical 
with hoUlS, both being variations of hole 1 , in a 
sense prob. derived from the D.: cf. "het hoi 
van een schip, the ship's hold or hull" (Sewel) : 
see hold and hole 1 , .] The frame or body 
of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, and 
rigging. 
Here I beheld ye sad spectacle, more than halfe that 
gallant bulwark of the kingdom miserably shatter'd, 
hardly a vessell intire, but appearing rather so many 
wrecks and hulls. Evelyn, Diary, June 17, 1680. 
Long stood Sir Bedivere 
Revolving many memories, till the hull 
Look'd one black dot against the verge of dawn. 
Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 
A hullt, at hullt (naut.). Same as ahull. 
By reason of contrary windes, which blew somewhat 
hard, we lay a hull vntill morning. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 104. 
They could bear no sail, but were forced to lie at hull 
many days together. 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 33. 
Hull down, (a) Naut., so far off, as a ship, that the hull 
Is Invisible, owing to the convexity of the earth's surface, 
while the masts and sails are still seen. 
Now, at 15 miles, a ship is hull down; so it comes to this, 
that we can throw a 9-inch shell on to the deck of a ship 
before we can see it ! Sci. Amur., N. S., LVIII. 340. 
Hence (fc) In sporting, so far behind as to stand no chance 
of winning. [Slang.] 
hull 2 (hul), v. [<hulP,n.~] I. trans. To strike 
or pierce the hull of (a ship) with a cannon- 
ball. 
As we were under full headway, and swiftly rounding 
her with a hard-port helm, we delivered a broadside at 
her consort, the Bombshell, each shot hulliiu/ her. 
The Century, XXXVI. 428. 
Il.t in trans. To float or drift on the water, 
as the hull of a ship without the aid of sails. 
Thus hulling in 
The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer 
Toward this remedy. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 
He look'd, and saw the ark hull on the flood. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 840. 
hul! 3 t (hul), v. t. A variant of hill 2 . 
hull 3 (hul), n. [< hullS, v. Cf. also hulk 2 .'] A 
hovel; a pen; a sty. [Prov. Eng.] 
hllll 4 t, [A dial. var. of hollen, holly' 1 .'] Holly. 
Oft did a left hand crow foretell these things In her hull 
tree. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetry, p. 74. 
hull 5 (hul), a. and n. A dialectal pronunciation 
of whole, common in New England. 
hullabaloo (huFa-ba-lo' ), . [Also written hal- 
labaloo, hullaballoo, Qc.hullie-bulloo, hillie-bulloo, 
hullie-bullow, hillie-balow, hullie-bullie, halloo- 
balloo; a varied redupl. of indefinite elements; 
cf. hullo = 'hello, hallo 1 , hubbubboo, and hurly- 
burly.] Uproar; racket; noisy confusion. 
Thinkest thou that we are dying of silence here, and only 
to be preserved, like the infant Jupiter, by a hullabaloo! 
Bulwer, Last Days of Pompeii. 
huller (hul'er), n. [< hull 1 + -er 1 .'] One who 
or that which hulls ; specifically, a hulling-ma- 
chine ; a hulling-mill or huller-gin. 
huller-gin (hul'er-jin), n. A cotton-gin for gin- 
ning cotton gathered with the bolls. E. H. 
Knight. 
bullet (hul'et), n. A dialectal variant of owlet. 
hull-gull (hul'gul'), n. [Perhaps a corruption 
of whole goll, with ref. to the closed hand (see 
goll, fist). Cf. gull 1 , 7, hull^.] A guessing game 
for children. One player takes a number of beans, peas, 
or the like in his closed hand, saying, *' Hull gull. An- 
other says, "Hand full." Then the first says, "Parcel how 
many?" The other player then guesses at the number, 
taking all if the guess is correct, otherwise making up the 
discrepancy. 
hulling-machine (hul'ing-ma-shen"), n. A ma- 
chine for removing the hulls from grain. In such 
hulling-machines as the wheat-huller, the barley-mill, 
and the hominy-mill, the hull is broken and torn from 
the grain without crushing the grain itself. In the pearl- 
barley mill, the hull is removed and the grain rounded 
by grinding. In cotton-cleaning the bolls with the seed 
and lint are sometimes treated together in the huller- 
gin. All these hulling-machines, except the last, are es- 
sentially grinding-mills, and employ either rotating stones 
or roughened revolving cylinders. 
hullite (hul'It), n. [After Prof. Edward Hull 
of Dublin.] A black massive mineral filling 
cavities in basalt near Belfast, Ireland. It is a 
hydrous silicate of iron, aluminium, and mag- 
nesium. 
hullo (hu-16'), interj. Another form of hello. 
Hullo .' (and here I particularly beg, in parenthesis, that 
the printer will follow my spelling of the word, and not 
put 1 1 ill", or Halloa, instead, both of which are base com- 
promises which represent no sound that ever yet issued 
from any Englishman's lips). Dickens, Household Words. 
hum 
hullockt (hul'ok), n. [Origin obscure.] Naut., 
a small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep 
the ship's head to the sea. 
hully 1 (hul'i), a. [< hull 1 + -y 1 .] Having husks 
or pods ; siliquous. 
hully 2 t, w. [Cf. hull 1 .] 1. A long wicker trap 
used for catching eels. 2. A perforated chest 
for keeping crabs and lobsters in the sea till 
wanted. Halliwell. 
huloist (hu'16-ist), . Same as hyloist. 
hulotheism, hulotheist. Same as hylotheism, 
liylvtheint. 
Hulsean (hul'se-an), a. Of or pertaining to 
John Hulse, an English clergyman (born 1708, 
died 1789 or 1790). By his will he provided for sev- 
eral endowments or foundations in the University of Cam- 
bridge, the principal of which are the Hulsean lectureship 
on the evidences of Christianity or on difficulties in the 
Scriptures, and the Hulsean professorship of divinity. The 
Hulsean lecturer (called by him the " Christian Preacher") 
is chosen annually (beginning with 1820), and now delivers 
from four to six (but formerly more) lectures or sermons 
before the university, which are published. The Uulsean 
professorship was substituted in 1860 for the office of 
"Christian Advocate " instituted by Hulse. 
hulst (hulst), n. [D. hulst, holly.] Holly. See 
hollen. 
hulstert, t. [ME. hulstren, conceal, hide, ult. 
< AS. heolstor, a covering, concealment, dark- 
ness : see holster.] To hide ; conceal. 
I wol herberwe me 
Ther I hope best to hulstred be. 
Horn, of the Rose, 1. 6140. 
hulver (hul'ver), n. [< ME. hulver, holver (hul- 
vur, holmir), hulfere, holly, < Icel. hulfr, dog- 
wood (otherwise called beinvidhi, prop, ebony, 
ebony-wood, < beinn, ebony (< L. ebenus), as- 
similated to bein, leg, bone, = E. bone 1 ). Con- 
nection with holly, hollen, ME. holi, holin, etc., 
doubtful.] Holly, Hex Aquifolium. The knee- 
hulver is Kuscus aculeatus, the butcher's broom ; 
the sea-hulver is Eryngium maritimum. 
Save hulver and thorn, thereof flail for to make. 
Tusser, Five Hundred Points. 
hummen, hum (cf . OD. hummen, hemmen, mutter, 
hum (def. 2), hem, D. hemmen, cry hem after) ; 
freq. humble 1 , q. v. ; orig. imitative, like ME. 
bummen, E. bum 1 and boom 1 , bumble, hum, 
buzz, MHG. G. sum-men = Dan. summe, buzz, 
Sp. zumbar, hum, resound, Pg. zumbir, buzz.] 
1. intrans. 1. To make a prolonged droning 
sound, as a bee in flight; drone; murmur; 
buzz. 
Suddenly with boisterous armes he throwes 
A knobby flint, that hummeth as it goes. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. 
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments 
Will hum about mine ears. Shak,, Tempest, ill 2. 
2. To give utterance to a similar sound, such 
as the droning of a tune, a contemptuous or 
vacant mumbling, a murmuring expression of 
applause or satisfaction, hesitation, dissent, 
etc. 
When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hum. 
med so loudly and so long that he sat down to enjoy It. 
Johnson, Bp. Sprat. 
3. Same as hem 2 . 
If you chance to be out, do not confess it with standing 
still, or humming, or gaping one at another. 
B. Jonson, Eplccene, v. 1. 
"Well, you fellow," says my lord, "what have you to 
say? Don't stand humming and hawing, but speak out." 
Fielding, Tom Jones, viii. 11. 
To make things hum, to set matters in rapid motion or 
great activity. [0. S.] 
Since the American nation fairly got hold of the holiday 
[Christmas), . . . we have made it hum, as we like to say. 
C. D. Warner, Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 161. 
II. trans. 1. To sing with shut mouth, as to 
the sound m; murmur without articulation; 
mumble: as, to hum an air. 
Pray, let me look upon the gentleman 
With more heed ; then I did but hum him over 
In haste, good faith, as lawyers chancery sheets. 
Beau, and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, i. 1. 
And far below the Roundhead rode 
And humm'd a surly hymn. 
Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
2f. To express approbation of, or applaud, by 
humming. 
Such Sermons as are most humm'd and applauded there 
would scarce be suffer'd the second hearing in a grave 
congregation of pious Christians. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnnns. 
Here Nash, if I may be permitted the use of a polite 
and fashionable phrase, was humm'd. 
Goldsmith, Kichard Nash. 
