hulke

English

Noun

hulke (plural hulkes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hulk
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 12 p. 196:
      Their ships thus set on shore (to frustrate their desire)
      Those Danish Hulkes became the food of English fire.
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