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the only thing standing between you and the cold indifferent sea

means The main watertight body of a ship or boat — or, separately, the dry outer covering of a seed or fruit, like the leafy cap on a strawberry.

from From Old English 'hulu,' a husk or pod — something that covers or encloses. The ship sense and the seed sense are likely the same word grown apart: both are the outer shell that holds what matters inside. It's probably related to the verb 'to hele' (to cover or conceal), and a distant cousin of 'hall' and 'hell' in the old Germanic sense of a covered, enclosed place.

hull speed
physics caps how fast a hull can go
strawberry hull
the green leafy cap, also called a calyx
double hull
oil tankers wear two skins after disasters
city of hull
England's port town, officially Kingston upon Hull
hull number
every navy ship wears one painted on
for instance

hull city tigers — english football club founded 1904, plays in championship

hull uk city — port city in east riding of yorkshire, england with 259,000 residents

humber bridge hull — 1981 suspension bridge connecting hull to north lincolnshire, 1,410 meters long

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