hulling

Verb (1)

hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

1. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
   • She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

   Synonyms:

   peel, husk, shell, shuck

Verb (2)

hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
   • We goe not, but we are carried: as things that flote, now gliding gently, now hulling violently, according as the water is, either stormy or calme.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 1, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
2. (transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
   • During this action, we had not a man killed or wounded, although the enemy often hulled us, and once, in particular, a shot coming into one of our ports, dismounted one of our guns between decks […]1774, George Shelvocke, “The Voyage of Captain Shelvock Round the World”, in David Henry, editor, An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators, volume 2...

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