Hull

(noun.) the frame or body of ship.

(noun.) a large fishing port in northeastern England.

(noun.) United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955).

(noun.) 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).

(noun.) persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry.

(noun.) dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.

(verb.) remove the hulls from; 'hull the berries'.

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• Furnace and Ashton built a boat, which plied on the river, between Hull and Beverley, for some time, and answered exceedingly well. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• They had kept her hull-up until sunset, firing several shots after her, but the next morning she was nowhere to be seen. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• A method of preventing in a great measure friction of water against the hull of a ship and incidentally preventing fouling by barnacles. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is stated, that about the year 1787, experiments were made on the river Hull, by Furnace and Ashton, on the propulsion of vessels by steam power. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The hull was 133 feet long, 18 feet beam, and 7 feet depth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Compasses are sometimes carried on masts in iron vessels as a means of removing them from the disturbing influence of the iron of the hull. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He engaged Charles Brownne, a ship-builder on the East River, to lay down the hull. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He was lying on a heap of empty cartridge hulls but his head was protected by the rock and his body lay in the lee of the horse. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Jonathan Hulls and Oliver Evans (1789) had stern wheels. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This was a steamer with two parallel hulls, decked across, and designed for greater steadiness in crossing the English Channel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The woodcut which lays before you is a reduced copy of Hulls' draught of his steam-boat, as given in his book, a copy of which is preserved in the British Museum. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Jonathan Hulls patented in England in 1736 a marine steam engine, and in 1737 published a description of a Newcomen engine applied to his system for towing ships. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The ship lay very broad off, so we thought it better spooning before the sea, than trying or hulling. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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