1. (n.) The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.

2. (n.) A heavy ship of clumsy build.

3. (n.) Anything bulky or unwieldy.

4. (v. t.) To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.

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