hulked
simple past tense and past participle of hulk
Source: Wiktionary
Hulk, n. Etym: [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. 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.
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.
Hulk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.]
Definition: To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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