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Definition: The hulks
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.
“Some
well-timbered hulk.” --Spenser.
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2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat.
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3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak.
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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.
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