Hull, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship
without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.
Hul`la*ba*loo" (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused
noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
Hulled (?), a. Deprived of the hulls.
Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.
Hull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an
agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling
machine.
Hul*lo" (?), interj. See Hollo.
Hull"y (?), a. Having or containing hulls.
Hu"lo*ist (?), n. See Hyloist.
Hu"lo*the*ism (?), n. See Hylotheism.
Hul"ver (?), n. [OE. hulfere; prob. akin to E. holly.] Holly, an
evergreen shrub or tree.
Hum (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humming (?).]
[Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. √15.] 1. To
make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to
murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher.
Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
Pope.
2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without
opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone;
to drone.
The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums.
Shak.
3. [Cf. Hum, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through
the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a
affectation; to hem.