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HULL, sb.1 and v.1 In gen. dial. use in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms heul N.Cy.1; hool Sc.; huel N.Cy.1 Nhb.1;
hule Nhb.1 Suf. [h)ɐl, ul, Sc. also hǖl.] 1. sb. A husk;
a pod; the outer skin of fruit; the shell of a nut; the rind
of cheese.
Sc. There is little sap in dry pea-hools, Ferguson Prov. (1641)
32; Every land has its ain laugh, Ilk kind of corn it has its hool,
Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 110, ed. 1871. Sh.&Ork.1 Per.
I bo'ed gie them for a treat A hool o' cheese, Or dry cod fish,
Ford Harp (1893) 347. Frf. I cleaned them out, baith pea and
hool, Sands Poems (1833) 24. Rnf. Buy in slump, so much the
stack, Grain, straw, and hools, McGilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 66.
Lth. So ‘freethought’ horn'd, these later bulls, Wha reive auld
Nature to the hools, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 117. Dmf. Life's
corn was spent, an but the hulls ─ The thowless hulls were left,
Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 22. Gall. Maist like to cast his hoole,
Harper Bards (ed. 1889) 238. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Beans eaten with
the hulls be hard to defy and breed much swelling; but the clean
beans when the hull is always cleansed. Legumina be not gendered
in hulls, but in cods (J.H.); (R.O.H.); Nhb.1, Wm. (J.H.)
n.Yks.1 Pea-hulls; nut-hulls; n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hulls
are the husks of the filberts, Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 356;
w.Yks.1 A potato hull. Lan.1 Esp. the husk of the pea.
Chs.1 Chs.3 s.Stf. Them bean hulls bai' much good for pigs (T.P.).
s.Not. Ah uster bang the wheat about in a bag to separate the hull
from the kernel (J.P.K.). Lin. Husks of turnips, eaten close to
the ground, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863); Lin.1, n.Lin.1, s.Lin.
(T.H.R.), sw.Lin.1, Nhp.1, War.1 War.2 War.3, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Chuck them
beän-'ulls o'er to the pigs afore yo' gin 'em the wesh; Shr.2 Shr.,
Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Hrf.1 Glo. Ewes... are admitted
into the fold to clear up the ‘hulls,’ or those bits of the turnips
which have been left by the lambs, Morton Farm (1832) 16;
(A.B.); Glo.1, Brks.1 Hrt. Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i. 85.
e.An.1 e.An.2, Nrf. (E.M.), Suf.1 Ken.1 After we have sheel'd them we
throw the hulls away. Sus.1 Sus.2, Hmp.1 Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
w.Som.1, Cor.1 Cor.2
Hence (1) Hulling, sb. the shell or pod of seeds or nuts;
the husk of grain; (2) Hullspoke, sb. a bed made with
oat-flites.
(1) n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Thoo mun braay it weel ti get t'hullins
off. e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 (2) e.An.1
2. v. To remove the outer husk of any vegetable or
fruit; to shell peas; to thresh seed from the pod or
sheath; to take out a kernel; to shed one's teeth.
Per. Hull that orange. I was hullin' the taties (G.W.). Cld.
(Jam.) Nhb.1 She's hyullin' the peas. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1,
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 356; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2
Lan. Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 15; Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Not.
I've hulled the peas (J.H.B.); Not.1, Lin.1 n.Lin. Th' little lad
is hulling his milk-teeth (M.P.); n.Lin.1 e.Lin. She never hulled
her first teeth (G.G.W.). sw.Lin.1 I had just set me down to hull
the peas. Nhp.1 Hull them there walnuts. War. B'ham Wkly.
Post (June 10, 1893); War.1 War.2 Shr.1 I've bin 'ullin walnuts all
day, so I shanna want a par o' gloves fur Sunday. Gie Jim the
side-basket o' pase, an' 'e'll 'ull 'em afore 'e gwuz to church, an'
throw the pessum to the pigs; Shr.2, Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B.), Hnt.
(T.P.F.) e.An.1 e.An.2 To hull the banes. e.Suf. (F.H.) Ken. On the
same day I heard a controversy between two rustics as to which
was the proper term to designate this process [of stripping the
outer coats of walnuts]. One insisted on the phrase ‘husking,’
the other ‘hulling,’ N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xii. 203. Sus.1 w.Som.1
They be coming way th' ingin a Monday, vor to hull thick there
rick o' clover-zeed. They there pays [peas] on't never pay vor
hullin. n.Dev. With that Jones hullèd out a kern, Rock Jim an'
Nell (1867) st. 113.
Hence Huller, sb. a drum or apparatus belonging to
a threshing-machine, used to break up the ‘hull’ of peas,
beans, clover, &c., without injuring the seed. w.Som.1
3. To take off the crust of a pie, to lift up the meat in it in
order to get to that which lies beneath.
Shr.1 Yo' bin ‘ullin’ an' ortin' that pie as if it wunna fit to ate.
4. To pick out with a pickaxe.
Suf. She up an' took the pick and huled out the brick fast
enough, Fison Merry Suf. (1899) 60.
[1. Hoole of pesyn, or benys, or oþer coddyd frute, Prompt.
OE. hulu, husk (B.T.). 2. Take Whyte Pesyn, and hoole
hem in þe maner as men don Caboges, Cookery Bk. (c.
1430), ed. Austin, 33.]

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HULL, v.2 and sb.2 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Stf. Der. Nhp. Shr. Also in forms hooil Sh.I.; hool Sc.;
hyul Nhb.1 [h)ɐl, ul, Sc. also hǖl.] 1. v. To conceal;
to cover, wrap up. See Hill, v.2
Abd. This ane tells that, and that ane tells anither, Nor wad
they hool't, on sister, or on brither, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 67.
n.Cy. ‘To hull into bed’ ─ to get into bed and be covered up (K.).
Lan.1 n.Lan.1 Potatoes covered for the winter are hulled. Stf.1
Der. I'd use to hull 'em up so mony a time, Ward David Grieve
(1892) I. xi.
Hence Hulling, sb. the binding of a book. Shr.1
2. To house animals or poultry for the night; to drive a
trout into its hole.
Dur.1 To hull geese. s.Dur. Hes' ta' hulled t'geese? (J.E.D.)
Cum.1 Cum.4
3. sb. An outer covering; clothes; the membrane surrounding
the heart, or the head of a child; the scrotum;
the body.
Sc. Her heart out o' the hool maist lap, Wilson Poems (1822)
Maggie Waring. Sh.I. Mi very hert felt for dem comin' ta da byre
wi' a hooil apo' der backs, an' trimblin' wi' cauld, Sh. News
(Dec. 4, 1897); Sh.&Ork.1 My heart is out o' hule. n.Sc. (Jam.),
Cai.1 Abd. But O the skair I got into the pool, I thought my
heart had couped frae its hool, Ross Helenore (1768) 45, ed. 1812.
Per. Riven hose and raggit hools, Ford Harp (1893) 64. Fif.
(Jam.) s.Sc. Aften in a jiffie to auld Nick Sen' ane anither dunnerin'
saul an' hool, T. Scott Poems (1793) 365. Ayr. Poor Leezie's
heart maist lap the hool, Burns Halloween (1785) st. 26. Lnk.
The buttons burstin thro' their hools, Jist bits o' airn red roostit,
Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 1895) 36. Lth. While he dawted and
kissed, though I ken he's a fool, Lord! I thought that my heart
wad hae loupt out o' hool, Macneill Poet. Wks. (1801) 207,
ed. 1856. Edb. Gar your sauls maist quat their hools, Learmont
Poems (1791) 4. Nhb.1, w.Yks.1, n.Lan.1
4. A covered outbuilding; a hovel; a place in which
animals are kept to be fattened; a pig-sty.
N.Cy.1 N.Cy.2 Nhb.1 A swine hull; a duck hull. Dur.1, s.Dur.
(J.E.D.), Lakel.2 Cum. An' bags fower geese 'at he fand in a
lāl hull, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 138; Cum.1; Cum.4 A sow
was turned out of the hull into the stackyard, Carlisle Patriot
(Jan. 5, 1894) 3. Wm. Where are the pigs? ─ In the hull (B.K.).
n.Yks.3, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. A pig gat aht ov it hul, Tom Treddlehoyle
Bairnsla Ann. (1850) 31; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.4, n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1,
Der.1, Nhp.1
5. The room in which one or more grinding-stones are
worked.
w.Yks. In a hull there may be several grinding-troughs; at each
there works one grinder: he sits astride a wooden seat called a
horsing, and leans forward over the grinding-stone, which revolves
away from him and which is kept wet by passing through water
contained in a wooden trough at each revolution. The grinding
hull is usually a lofty, airy place, the windows being open, and
not having glass in them (J.S.); Patty's front room lets for more
than a hull, Mather Sngs. Sheffield (1862) lv; w.Yks.2 Two steps
there go up to his hull.
6. Comp. Hull-arston, the fireplace in the ‘hull.’
w.Yks. Discussion uppa ahr Hull Arston between Jack Wheels-
warf an the Reverend Jabez Ruleall, Bywater Shevvild Ann.
(1853) 17.
[1. Hov hertily þe herdes wif hules þat child, Wm. Pal.
(c. 1350). 4. An hul for hogs, porcile, Levins Manip.
(1570).]

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HULL, sb.3 e.An.1 [Not known to our correspondents.]
A thick piece of bread and meat or other food.

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HULL, sb.4 Yks. Lin. [ul.] 1. In Comp. Hull-cheese,
the strong ale of Hull.
Yks. ‘You have eaten some Hull cheese’ means that you are
intoxicated, Flk-Lore Rec. (1878) I. 162; Hull is famous for strong
ale, Grose (1790). e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Lore (1890) 105.
2. Phr. (1) as strong as Hull, very strong indeed; (2) from
Hull, Hell, and Halifax, good Lord deliver us; see below.
(1) n.Lin.1 The allusion is to the fortifications of that town,
which were formerly much renowned in these parts. (2) Yks.
At Hull all vagrants found begging in the streets, were whipped
and set in the stocks; and at Halifax persons taken in the act of
stealing cloth. were instantly, and without any process, beheaded,
with an engine called a maiden, Grose (1790). n.Lin.1 Hull, in
the beginning of the great Civil War, refused to admit Charles I;
Halifax was notorious for its stern gibbet law; they are, therefore,
bracketed with the place of torment.

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HULL, v.3 Yks. Chs. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp.
War. Shr. Bdf. Hrt. Hnt. e.An. Ken. Sus. Hmp. Som.
Also written hul Bdf. Ess.1 [ul, ɐl.] 1. To throw; also
used fig. Cf. holl, v.3
w.Yks.2 (s.v. Holl). Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Stf. We'n get some stoones
ready to hull at 'em (T.P.). Der.1, nw.Der.1 Not. Oid rayther
hull mysen i' th' Trent (J.H.B.); Not.1 Not.3 sw.Lin.1 If she was
away for a day, it would hull her back so. Rut.1 David... hulled
the little cat out of yewr loft. Lei. Why don't you hull yourself
on the parish and go a-begging? (C.E.); Lei.1 Nhp.1 Look, mother,
how he hulls the hulls away; Nhp.2 Hull th' orts to the hoogs.
War. (J.R.W.), War.1 War.2 War.3, Shr.2 Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang.
(1809) 135. Hrt. Cussans Hist. (1879-1881) III. 320. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
e.An.1 He hulled it into the holl. Nrf. Let him as is without fault
hull the first stone, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 93. Suf. I
took and hulled a tater at her (M.E.R.); Just you leave off a hulling
them ston's at that daug (H.H.); Suf.1, e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess.
If they'd their shells away but hull, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st.
140; Ess.1 Hul it away. Ken.1 Ha! there, leave off hulling o'
stones. Sus.1 Hmp. I just hulled it a' into the pig-wash, Verney
L. Lisle (1870) ii. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
2. Fig. To relinquish, throw up.
Hrt. If he don't give in I shall hull it up (H.G.). e.Suf. To hull
up one's occupation (F.H.).
3. With up: to invest in a mountebank's lottery; see
below.
e.An.1 To put into the mountebank's lottery, which is done by
tying up a shilling in the corner of a pocket-handkerchief, and
hulling it on the stage.
4. With up: to vomit.
Not.1 Rut.1 Now, child, I've done hulling-oop; yewr moother's
a new woman [recovering after nausea]. Lei.1 Shay 'ooled oop
blood woonderful. War.3, e.An.1 Nrf. I can't kape noothin down
─ as soon as I ate my brakefast this mornin, I hulled it up agin
(W.R.E.). Suf. I ha' hulled up my wittles ivry morning, e.An.
Dy. Times (1892). e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence Hull-up, sb. the operation of an emetic. e.An.1
5. To bring sheaves up to the ridges for the ‘shockers’ to
make up.
Nrf. Some on 'em shocking up, whilst others hulled in shooves,
Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 138.
6. To fell a tree.
Rut.1 When [the tenant] hulls his trees, you must set a man
to kid-up the tops, an' get 'em carried away. Will you have the
popple hulled?
[1. Contretirer, to hull, throw, fling against, COTGR.]

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‡HULL, sb. Sus. Meaning unknown.
Dey thaut as de hull hed hatched de egg, Jackson Southward Ho
(1894) I. 433.

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HULL, see Will, aux. v., Whole.


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