hulk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hulk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hulk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hulk n a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale] a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned v appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" Synonym(s): loom, tower, predominate, hulk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hulk \Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. [?], prop., a ship which is towed, fr. [?] to draw, drag, tow. Cf. {Wolf}, {Holcad}.] 1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. [bd]Some well-timbered hulk.[b8] --Spenser. 2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat. 3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak. {Shear hulk}, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship. {The hulks}, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hulk \Hulk\, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. h[86]lka.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.