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 Hull n.
 1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
 2.  Naut. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
    Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.   --Dryden.
 Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.