hull
-1 n. உமி, தோடு, காய் கூல வகைகளின் மேல்தோல், மூடி, மேலுறை, (வி.) மேல் தோல் நீக்கு, உமி நீக்கு.-2 n. கப்பலின் கட்டுமானம், கப்பல் உடற்பகுதி, (வி.) நீர்மூழ்கிக்குண்டு கொண்டு கப்பலின் உடற்பகுதியைத் தாக்கு.
Hull, n. Etym: [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. sq. root17. 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. 2. Etym: [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.) Defn: The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden. Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea. 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. Hull, v. i. Defn: To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton. Hull, n. Etym: [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. sq. root17. 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. 2. Etym: [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.) Defn: The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden. Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea. 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. Hull, v. i. Defn: To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.