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Bulk

Bulk (bulk)
n.(b1913 webster dictionarylk)
Bulk
[OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b(?)lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, , Bile a boil, Bulge, ]
  1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

    Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable.
    Bacon.

  2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.

    The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained."
    J. Morley.

  3. The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
  4. The body.
    [Obs.] Shak.

    My liver leaped within my bulk.
    Turbervile.

    Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. -- To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. -- In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. -- Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. -- Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.

    Syn. -- Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.

Bulk

Bulk (bulk)
v. i.((?))
Bulk
[imp. *** p. p. Bulked (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n. Bulking.]
  1. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent] to swell.

    The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
    Leslie Stephen.

Bulk

Bulk (bulk)
n.
Bulk
  1. A projecting part of a building.
    [Obs.]

    Here, stand behind this bulk.
    Shak.













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