BULK
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Bulk (bŭlk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b&unr_;lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
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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.
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2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
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The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, “to obtain what by labor can be obtained.”
J. Morley.
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3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
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4. The body. [Obs.] Shak.
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My liver leaped within my bulk.
Turbervile.
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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.
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Syn. -- Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
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Bulk (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bulking.] To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
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The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
Leslie Stephen.
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Bulk, n. [Icel. b&ā;lkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.] A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]
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Here, stand behind this bulk.
Shak.
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