Part 1457

<hw>Bul"bo-tu`ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bulb</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>tuber</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A corm.</def>

<h1>Bulbous</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bulbosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bulbeux</ets>. See <er>Bulb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.</def>

<h1>Bulbul</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"bul</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Persian nightingale (<spn>Pycnonotus jocosus</spn>). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family <spn>Timaliid\'91</spn>. The green bulbuls belong to the <spn>Chloropsis</spn> and allied genera.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>buhlbuhl</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Bulbule</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"bule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bulbulus</ets>, dim. of <ets>bulbus</ets>. See <er>Bulb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A small bulb; a bulblet.</def>

<h1>Bulchin</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"chin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>bull</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little bull.</def>

<h1>Bulge</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bulge</ets> a swelling; cf. AS. <ets>belgan</ets> to swell, OSw. <ets>bulgja</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'d3lginn</ets> swollen, OHG. <ets>belgan</ets> to swell, G. <ets>bulge</ets> leathern sack, Skr. <ets>b<?/h</ets> to be large, strong; the root meaning <ets>to swell</ets>. Cf. <er>Bilge</er>, <er>Belly</er>, <er>Billow</er>, <er>Bouge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; <as>as, a <ex>bulge</ex> in a wall</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The bilge of a vessel. See <er>Bilge</er>, 2.</def>

<cs><col>Bulge ways</col>. <cd><fld>(Naut.)</fld> See <er>Bilge ways</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bulge</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulge</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bulged</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Bulging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; <as>as, the wall <ex>bulges</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bilge, as a ship; to founder.</def>

<blockquote>And scattered navies <b>bulge</b> on distant shores. <i>Broome.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bulgy</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bulimia, Bulimy</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw><hw>Bu*lim"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bu"li*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>bulimia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, lit., ox-hunger; <?/ ox + <?/ hunger: cf. F. <ets>boulimie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.</def>

<h1>Bulimus</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bu*li"mus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bulimus</ets> hunger. See <er>Bulimy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.</def>

<h1>Bulk</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bulke</ets>, <ets>bolke</ets>, heap; cf. Dan. <ets>bulk</ets> lump, clod, OSw. <ets>bolk</ets> crowd, mass, Icel. <ets>b<?/lkast</ets> to be bulky. Cf. <er>Boll</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Bile</er> a boil, <er>Bulge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; <as>as, an ox or ship of great <ex>bulk</ex></as>.</def>

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

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; <as>as, the <ex>bulk</ex> of a debt</as>.</def>