hull

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
2. n. The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
3. n. Nautical The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
4. n. The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.
5. n. The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
6. v. To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An outer covering, particularly of a nut or of grain; a husk.
2. n. Synonyms Husk, etc. See skin, n.
3. To strip off the hull or hulls of: as, to hull grain; to hull strawberries.
4. To strip off.
5. n. The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, and rigging.
6. n. Hence— In sporting, so far behind as to stand no chance of winning.
7. To strike or pierce the hull of (a ship) with a cannon-ball.
8. To float or drift on the water, as the hull of a ship without the aid of sails.
9. A variant of hill.
10. n. A hovel; a pen; a sty.
11. n. Holly.
12. n. A dialectal pronunciation of whole, common in New England.
13. To shell (oysters).

Wiktionary

1. n. The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane
2. v. obsolete, intransitive, nautical to drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
3. v. transitive to hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc
4. n. The outer covering of a fruit or seed
5. v. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2. n. (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
3. v. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument.
4. v. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
5. v. obsolete To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the frame or body of ship
2. n. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
3. n. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
4. n. United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
5. v. remove the hulls from
6. n. a large fishing port in northeastern England
7. n. United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)