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Bran

Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the hard outer layers of cereal grain. It consists of the combined aleurone and pericarp.

Hull

The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.

Bran

A gigantic Celtic hero and ruler of Britain. After he was mortally wounded in battle, his head was buried in London, where it served as a protection against invaders.

Hull

The persistent calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.

Bran

The outer layers of the grain of cereals such as wheat, removed during the process of milling and used as a source of dietary fiber.
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Hull

(Nautical)The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.

Bran

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

Hull

The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.

Bran

(ornithology) The European carrion crow.

Hull

The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
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Bran

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

Hull

To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).

Bran

The European carrion crow.

Hull

The outer covering of a fruit or seed.

Bran

Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting

Hull

Any covering.

Bran

Food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

Hull

The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.

Hull

The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
Holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull

Hull

To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

Hull

To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.

Hull

(transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

Hull

The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

Hull

The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.

Hull

To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.

Hull

To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

Hull

To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

Hull

Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

Hull

Persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry

Hull

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)

Hull

United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

Hull

A large fishing port in northeastern England

Hull

The frame or body of ship

Hull

Remove the hulls from;
Hull the berries

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