Hulk
n.
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The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.
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A heavy ship of clumsy build.
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Anything bulky or unwieldly.
Phrases & Compounds
- Shear hulk
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an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship.
- The hulks
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old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons.
Hulk
v. t.
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To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.]