hull

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
• noun The persistent calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
• noun Nautical The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
• noun The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.
• noun The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
• transitive verb To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An outer covering, particularly of a nut or of grain; a husk.
• noun Synonyms Husk, etc. See skin, n.
• To strip off the hull or hulls of: as, to hull grain; to hull strawberries.
• To strip off.
• noun The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, and rigging.
• noun Hence— In sporting, so far behind as to stand no chance of winning.
• A variant of hill.
• To strike or pierce the hull of (a ship) with a cannon-ball.
• To float or drift on the water, as the hull of a ship without the aid of sails.
• noun A hovel; a pen; a sty.
• noun Holly.
• noun A dialectal pronunciation of whole, common in New England.
• To shell (oysters).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
• noun (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
• noun said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
• transitive verb To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument.
• transitive verb To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
• intransitive verb obsolete To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The outer covering of a fruit or seed
• verb To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
• noun The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane
• verb obsolete, intransitive, nautical to drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
• verb transitive to hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the frame or body of ship
• noun persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
• noun dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
• noun United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
• verb remove the hulls from
• noun a large fishing port in northeastern England
• noun United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)