A vulgar pronunciation of the word whole very common in New England.
·vt To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball. II. Hull ·vi To toss or drive on the wate...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The Gothic hulga meant a husk or external covering, and hence the body of a ship, independent of mas...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a hog-stye. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
Is said of a ship when at such a distance that, from the convexity of the globe, only her masts and ...
The situation of a ship when she is lying a-hull, or with all her sails furled. ...
Synonymous with hull to, or hulling. ...