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Shelling, as corn
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hulling
Word definitions for hulling in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of hull English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hull \Hull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hulled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hulling .] To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Usage examples of hulling.
The culverin had, under his supervision, been fully charged with propellant powder and several thick wads, but no shot, for these coastal waters wherein the ships lay at anchor were heavily traveled, and no one wished to chance hulling or demasting some hapless, helpless fisherman by accident.
The ship lay very broad off, so we thought it better spooning before the sea, than trying or hulling.