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Hulled

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.

  2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

Hulled

Hulled \Hulled\, a. Deprived of the hulls.

Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.

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hulled
  1. 1 deprive of the hulls. 2 (context nautical English) Having a hull. v

  2. (en-past of: hull)

Usage examples of "hulled".

The Berceau, hulled again and again, low in the water and by the head, swung heavily round, and they saw a figure running up the mizen-shrouds with fresh colours.

A twenty-four pounder hulled the Sophie low under the counter, and at once the pumps began gushing sea as well as fresh water.

So Baird heard the orders for the engine room to be sealed up and the duty-force to get into pressure suits, in case the Niccola fought and was hulled.

Hulled in three places in number five tankage area, hydrogen leaking to space.

He stood there reflecting: a little way to his left, scarcely flinching as the balls came whipping in or hulled the sloop (a great rending thump), stood the clerk and Ricketts, the quarter-deck midshipman.