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Hulked vs Hulled - What's the difference?

hulked | hulled |

As verbs the difference between hulked and hulled

is that hulked is (hulk) while hulled is (hull).

As an adjective hulled is

deprived of the hulls.

hulked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hulk)

    • hulk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
  • (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver
  • A big (and possibly clumsy) person
  • (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person
    • Quotations
    ;large ship, difficult to maneuver * 1602 , Shakespeare, , act ii, scene 3 *: Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. ;non-functioning, floating ship * 1918 , , Prelude'', as printed in ''Selected Stories , Oxford World's Classics (2002), paperback, page 83 *: They could see the lighthouse shining on Quarantine Island, and the green lights on the old coal hulks .

    Etymology 2

    Compare Middle Low German holken to hollow out, and similar Swedish word.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
    • to hulk a hare
    (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    External links

    * (hulk) ----

    hulled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Deprived of the hulls.
  • (nautical) Having a hull.

    • Derived terms

    * monohulled * multihulled * twinhulled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hull)

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