Part 1458

<blockquote>The <b>bulk</b> of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." <i>J. Morley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The cargo of a vessel when stowed.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The body.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>My liver leaped within my <b>bulk</b>. <i>Turbervile.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Barrel bulk</col>. <cd>See under <er>Barrel</er>.</cd> -- <col>To break bulk</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to begin to unload or more the cargo.</cd> -- <col>In bulk</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Laden in bulk</col>, <col>Stowed in bulk</col></mcol>, <cd>having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.</cd> -- <col>Sale by bulk</col>, <cd>a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.</syn>

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

<hw>Bulk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bulked</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bulking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.</def>

<blockquote>The fame of Warburton possibly <b>bulked</b> larger for the moment. <i>Leslie Stephen.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bulk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>b\'belkr</ets> a beam, partition. Cf. <er>Balk</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>A projecting part of a building.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Here, stand behind this <b>bulk</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bulker</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.</def>

<h1>Bulkhead</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulk"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bulk</er> part of a building.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.</def>

<cs><col>Bulked line</col>, <cd>a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bulkiness</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulk"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Greatness in bulk; size.</def>

<h1>Bulky</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulk"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; <as>as, <ex>bulky</ex> volumes</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>bulky</b> digest of the revenue laws. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bull</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bule</ets>, <ets>bul</ets>, <ets>bole</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bul</ets>, G. <ets>bulle</ets>, Icel. <ets>boli</ets>, Lith. <ets>bullus</ets>, Lett. <ets>bollis</ets>, Russ. <ets>vol'</ets>; prob. fr. the root of AS. <ets>bellan</ets>, E. <ets>bellow</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The male of any species of cattle (<spn>Bovid\'91</spn>); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>wild bull</i> of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.</def>