Hulk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Anything bulky or unwieldly.

II. Hulk ·noun A heavy ship of clumsy build.

III. Hulk ·vt To take out the entrails of; to Disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.

IV. Hulk ·noun The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; ·esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.

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