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See also:HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to See also:cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering) , the See also:outer covering, pod, or See also:shell of beans, peas, &c., also the enclosing envelope of a chrysalis . The word may be the same as " See also:bull, " meaning the See also:body of a See also:ship without its masts or superstructure, &c., but in this sense the word is more usually connected with " hold," the interior See also:cargo-carrying See also:part of a See also:vessel . This word was borrowed, as a nautical See also:term, from the Dutch, hol (cognate with " hole "), the d being due to confusion with " to hold," " grasp " (O.Eng. healdan) . The meanings of " See also:hull " and " hold " are somewhat far apart, and the closest sense resemblance is to the word " hulk," which is not known till about a See also:century later . |
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