bulge
bulge is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
- 2.(Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.
- 3.To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
- 4.To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall called?
- What is the bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways called?
- What is to swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges called?
- What is to bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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