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▪ I. hule
ME. dial. f. hill v., to cover, hide.
c1350Will. Palerne 97 Hov hertily the herdes wif hules þat child. c1450Myrc 1872 Wyth þre towayles and no lasse Hule þyn auter at thy masse.
▪ II. hule|ˈuːlɪ|
Also ule, ulé, ulli.
[Mexican Sp. (h)ule, Nahuatl ulli or olli caoutchouc.]
A Central American tree of the genus Castilloa (formerly Castilla), or the crude rubber obtained from it. So huˈlero, uˈlero, a collector of rubber.
1846J. Lindley Veget. Kingd. 271 The tree Ule of Papantla, from which caoutchouc is obtained in that country. 1874T. Belt Naturalist in Nicaragua 33 The Mexicans played with balls made from it, and it still bears its Aztec name of Ulli, from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it Ulleros. 1880Encycl. Brit. XII. 835/2 Torquemada mentions..that an oil was extracted from the ‘ulli’, or rubber, by heat, possessing soft and lubricous properties... Even at that early date the Spaniards used the juice of the ulé tree to waterproof their cloaks. 1894Outing XXIII. 353/1 Curious tales the huleros tell of carved rocks hidden in those fastnesses. Ibid., This home of the gatherer of hule. 1920Edin. Rev. Oct. 356 The garments he wears are splashed with ulli. 1959J. C. T. Uphof Dict. Economic Plants 79/2 Castilla costaricana Liebm. Hule (Moraceae).—Tree. Costa Rica. Latex from stem is source of a good rubber. |