bulk 
714 
bull 
f? ~1 9 A VintnVior's stall nearly empty, to prevent it from leaking. To bull the 
: be bulky), orig. a heap, in modern Icel. Minim: [Prov. Eng.] 2. A butcher s still. to operate for a rise in prices, as is done by 
' -' -" na - [Prov. Eng.] 3. One who sleeps under bulks tSok who are long in any particular stock. 
or benches; a night-walker. Haiti-well. [Prov. bull 1 (bill), a. [< bull 1 , ., 4.] In the stock 
Eng.] 4f. A common strumpet or jilt. E. cxc i lf , n g e , in the interest of or favorable to the 
ritillilix, 1706. bulls; buoyant; rising: as, a bull movement; 
mlkhead (bulk'hed), n. [< bulks, partition, + a 6i(H market. 
bolk, a heap, Sw. dial, bulk, a knob, bunch, = 
ODan. Dan. bulk, a bump, knob; prob. ult. 
from the root of belly, bellows, bag 1 , etc., and 
thus remotely connected with bulge, q. y. bulkhead 
Of. bunk, bunch 1 . In ref. to the body, first in 
early mod. E. bulke, the breast, thorax, = MD. 
buli-kc, ' thorax' ; either the same word as bulk. 
[< ME. bulle, < OF. bulle, F. built 
' -tl, bulle = G. Dan. biillc 
(in bann-bola, a bull of 
a heap, etc., with which it is associated, or the dentTa'lso, a'screen" as'forprotectiou in a fight. excommunication), < ML. bulla, a papal edict, 
same (with I inserted by confusion with bulk, we had only to wring out our wet clothes [and] hang an y edict or writing, a seal, L. bulla, a boss, 
* " --"- T--J-. . "- em U p to chafe against the bulkheads. knob stud, bubble : see bulla, bill 3 , billet 1 , bullet, 
R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 33. ^^ ' ^ 7^,3 ^ j _ game ag bum> 2 
(b) In civil mgin., a partition built in a tunnel, conduit _ g Th t autnor i ta tive official document 
other subterranean passage, intended to prevent the .'*" ,, , . _ 
fc, buc, 
see bouk 1 , and cf. bucks. The sense o: 
or chest' runs easily into that of 'the whole 
body, r and this" into the sense of 'the whole p^^'of air, water, oi : mud: 
issued by the pope or in his name : usually an 
dimensions, the gross.'] If. Aheap. 2TA "water-face i'of a wharf, pier, or sea-wall, open letter containing some decree, order, or 
Bolke or hepe, cumulus, acervus. Prompt. Pare., p. 43. J.3. A horizontal or inclined door giving ac- decision relating to matters of grace or justice. 
2. Magnitude of material substance; whole cess from the outside of a house to the cellar. ^/^t^^^dfwMchtaSd^y^ 
dimensions in length, breadth, and thickness ; [New Eng.] - Bulkhead door, a water-tight door in a 
rice of a material thing- as an ox or a ship of bulkhead. -Bulkhead line, a surveyors line showing 
ing . as, ai far the llulkllemls of Iliers may pro j e ct into a stream 
great bulk. 
or harbor. Collision bulkhead, a strong bulkhead built 
A sturdy mountaineer of six feet two and corresponding acr0 ss a ship, near the bows, and designed to prevent il 
appended to it by a thread or band, which is red or yellow 
when the bull refers to matters of grace, and uncolored and 
of hemp when it refers to matters of justice. On one side 
of the seal is the name of the pope, and on the other are 
the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul. Bulls are written in 
Latin, either in the ordinary cursive hand or in round 
bulk. Hawthorne, Old Manse, II. f,. om filling with water if the bows are stove in. Screen Q ti,j' c characters and have a red seal on the parchment 
3 The gross ; the greater part ; themaiumass bulkhead ('.), a screen of canvas or other cloth, taking itse i f , in whlch the name of the pope encircles the heads 
o. iiiog IOD .'. ""r & ;. , , .' ., ' i 77. - _ the nlace of a bulkhead. of the apostles. They begin with the name of the pope, 
o. AIIO givDo , uiio gi^wu^A jj u* u , .* u ~ ~w~ nHce of 'i bulkhead 
or body: as, the bulk of a debt; the bulk of a bulkin ess'(bul'ki-nes), n. [< bulky + -ness.] ? uriwf"b7the te" episcopu* (bishop) and the words 
nation. The sta 
It is certain that, though the English love liberty, the . . ,, 
^ oUheEngl 1^^rHTst ak Co,f,monwealth,iv.2. bulky (bul'M),' a. [<. bulk 1 + -V 1 . Cf. Icel. 
i v. , , i_ t, un tvi uj vi Mft 
The state or quality of being bulky ; magnitude servus servorum Dei (servant of the servants of God) and 
a salutation, and close with the place and date of execu- 
tion and the subscription of the chancellor or other func- 
tionary of the papaTchancery. -The distinctive name of a 
ndred a vear independent while bulkalcgr, bulky, Sw. dial. OUUKug, Duncny, pro- bull is taken from the first word or words of the general in- 
*w**gaESC *i ^^ a ciu; OT 8ize; large - 
I live 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 3. Hence 2. Unwieldy; clumsy. 
Latreus, the bulkiest of the double race. Dryden. 
The book . . . suffers from the editor's bulky style. 
genitu 
issued 
, 
d in 1713 by Clement XI., condemning the Jansenist 
propositions set forth in Quesnel's "Moral Reflections." 
A brief, though of equal authority with a bull, differs from 
In 1603, Jonson produced his mighty tragedy of Sejanus, 
a noble piece of work, full of learning, ingenuity, and 
force of mind in wielding bulky materials. 
Whipple, Old Eng. Dram. 
And bared the knotted column of his throat, 
The massive square of his heroic breast. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
We turned down into a narrow street, and, after pro- 3. An official letter ; an edict ; especially an,m- 
the cardinals consulted. 
The church published her bulls of crusade ; offering lib- 
eral indulgences to those who served. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa,, Int. 
The pope has issued a bull deposing Queen Elizabeth. 
Macaulay, Disabilities of the Jews. 
The ease and completeness with which the invaders had 
won the bulk of Britain only brought out in stronger re- 
lief the completeness of their repulse from the south. 
J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 108. 
4f. The bottom or hold of a ship. 
Alueo, . . . the bulke, belly or bottom of a ship. Florio. 
5. The entire space in a ship's hold for the 
stowage of goods ; hence, that which is stowed ; 
the mass of the cargo: as, to break bulk for 
unloading. 6t. The breast; the chest; the 
thorax. 
bulke, thorax. Levins, Manip. Vocab. (1570), col. 187. 
Torace [It.], the brest or bulke of a man. Florio (1598). 
7. The body of a living creature. 
He rais'd a sigh so piteous and profound, 
That it did seem to shatter all his bulk, 
And end his being. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 1. 
Vast bulks which little souls but ill supply. 
Dryden, Anuus Mirabilis, 1. 280. 
Bones of some vast bulk that lived and roar'd 
Before man was. Tennyson, Princess, iii. vve mnieu uowu into a imriuw BLICCI-, nu, *M^ F - -- ijVi 
Elasticity of bulk. See elasticity.- Laden In bulk, ceeding a little way, passed under a massy arched gate- penal edict under the Roman or the old German 
haruS tea OMTOlooM in the hold, or not inclosed in way, and found ourselves in the spacious courtyard of this empire. -Golden bull, a name given to --- 
boxesfbales, bags, or casks. To break bulk. See break, princely mansion. W. Hare, Ze bia, 1. 29. U rated historical documents, from their gold 
= Syri. 2. G'reatuess, largeness, extent, bigness; Magni- 
tude, Volume, etc. See size. 
bulk 1 (bulk), v. [< bulk 1 , .] I. intrans. To in- 
crease in bulk ; grow large ; swell. ,,_ t ,<=.. V l...... V..V1. ,i... .. 
He [Chalmers] would dilate on one doctrine till it bulked forms appar. after Scand. ), also bulle, appar. < Constantinople to patriarchs and princes, by the grandees 
into a bible. North British Rev. AS. "butta (not found, but indicated by the rare of the empir 
But the more he is alone with nature, the greater man dim. bulluca, > E. bullock 1 , q. V.) = MD. bulle, ""VU'j 1 *?? 8 ,- 
and his doings bulk in the consideration of his fellow-men. j. nl!f - - ~ ~ - " - i-Tiai o*i 
The Century, XXVII. 193. jj : 
II. trans. To put or hold in bulk or as a N orw . __, ; 7 
mass; fix the bulk of in place: as, to bulk a trated bull (cf. OBulg. floMi = Serv. vo = Bohem. Lif e is as a bull rising on the water. Novell. (Davies.) 
cargo. [Bare.] wu i ( wo ;_) _ p' o l. wol (barred I), an ox, = Russ. bull 4 (bul), n. [Not found earlier than the 17th 
Rotting on some wild shore with ribs of wreck, volu, a bull, = Lith. bullns = Lett, bollis): prob. century, except as ME. bul (about A. D. 1320) in 
Or like an old-world mammoth bulk'd in ice f th t f 6e ;; 2 follow, q. v.] 1. The the doubtful passage first quoted. Origin un- 
Not to be molten out. Tennyson Princess, v. J Qf ^ domestic ' bovine / o ^ wh | ch the f e - certain. Several anecdotes involving Irish 
bulk 2 t, . [ME. ; var. of bolk, q. v.] To belch. male jg a Mw . in gerieT3l -[ t the male of any bo- speakers have been told (and appar. invented) 
Bulk not as a Beene were yn thi throte, yj ne as o f t ne different species of the genus to account for the word. It is usually asso- 
Asakarlethatcomysouteof a cote Bos. 2. An old male whale, sea-lion, sea- ciated with bull 2 , a papal edict, in allusion, it 
, ., ., .. . r /T i bear, or fur-seal. 3. [cop.] Taurus, one of the is said, to the contrast between the humble 
1 "^^^Ji I0 ^ 6 fe a *SS:^!' twelVe signs of the Ulac.-4. In stock**- professions of thepope, as in his st^inghimself 
several cele- 
ilden seal. The 
most notable of these is an edict or imperial constitution 
made in 1356 by the emperor Charles IV., regulating the 
mode of procedure in the election and coronation of the 
bull 1 (bul), n. [< ME. 6^ bule, bol, Me (these %%?% S! *StSS&S!SSSi 
Constantinople to patriarchs and princes, by the grandees 
of the empire, of France, Sicily, etc., and by patriarchs 
Slowly the ponderous portal 
Closed, and in silence the crowd awaited the will of the 
soldiers. Longfellow, Evangeline, i. 4. 
Are you a Bull or a Bear To day, Abraham? hardly tenable on historical grounds. The Icel. 
ne^ A ^aith,--! - a^P,. for ^ _nse, ^^al^ nonsense, chat, is 
. bul- 
2. A stall in front of a shop. [Prov. Eng.] 
3t. A large chest or box. 
On a bulk in a cellar was to be found the author of the , uiuu., uuu, u. nuu imm LUC ^. .^i, *o w 
Wanderer." Johnson. 5. The bull's-eye of a target. 6. pi. The stems associated w ; th j aHtti boil, and ult. with L. i 
bulk 4 (bulk), v. i. [< ME. bulken; cf. bunch 2 , of hedge-thorns. -7. pi. i he transverse bars ?a abutWe: see 6ws.] A gross inconsistency 
strike, as related, through bunk, to bulk 1 .] If. of wood mto T ? b 7 1 , eh ^ ne Jl? acls * "arrows are in lauguage . a ludicrous blunder involving a 
To strike; beat. set. Grose; Halhwett. [Prov Eng.] 8t. A contr adiction in terms : commonly regarded 
five-shilling piece. Brewer. Q\. A small keg. as espeeia ii y characteristic of the Irish, and 
- 10. The weak grog made by pouring water often ^ called J an Irilih buV , 
On her brestes gon the! bulk, 
And uchone to her in to sculk. 
Cursor Mundi. (Hattiwell.) into a spirit-cask nearly empty. 
2. To throb. [Prov. Eng.] 
bulkar, . See bulker 2 . 
Quilk man, quilk calf, quilk leon, quilk fujiU 
I sal you tel, with-vteu ind. 
Cursor Mundi (E. E. T. S.), I. 21269. 
Bull-bay. See 6ayi. To take the bull by the horns, 
to grapple with or face boldly some danger or difficulty. 
uu^cvi. ... yvy . " ( In composition, bull often implies 'male' or 'of large 
bulker 1 (bul ker), n. [< bulk 1 + -er 1 .] Naut., ^ ize M f n toX-trout, perhaps bulrush, etc.] I may say (without a Bull) this controversy of yours is 
a person employed to determine the quantity bull 1 (bul) c t K bull 1 n. ; = Icel. bola, butt, so much the more needless, by how much that about which 
or bulk of goods, so as to fix the amount of ^y TO toss or throw up (hedges), as " ta(Eefttion)ta withont^il.eontov^^eedfi.i. 
freight- or shore-dues to which they are liable. ca ttle do. [Prov. Eng.] 2. In the stock ex- 
[Eng.] 
Charles Herle, Ahab's Fi.ll (1044), Ded. 
And whereas the Papist boasts himself to be a Roman 
w T iv f rtllU Wlltlt'ilS lilt i III MM UUBBIfl IlllUBOU i-v "%- " 
change, to endeavor to raise, as the price Of Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope s 
i_ L iil B ' J o ,1- 1/1 s TAI -ii / j * cnange, 10 enueavor v raise, as me jjn. . c . lt holic, it is a mere contradict],.]], one 01 we pop,- * 
bulker- 5 (bul ker), n. [Also written (m dels, shares, artificially and unduly. See the noun. bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic 
1, 2) bulkar; < bulk 3 + -er 1 .] If. Abeam. To bull a barrel, to pour water into a cask, when it is schismatic. Milton, True Religion. 
