BULGE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

2.
n.

A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

3.
n.

The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.

4.
v.

To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

5.
v.

To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.


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