bulk 1 (1 in use 1460-1720; 3 cf. ‘the bulke, bellie, or bodie of a ship’, Cotgr.)
1.
trunk, body
(of a person)
R3 I. iv. 40
“my panting ,”
Ham. II. i. 95,
Lucr. 467
“her heart . . . Beating
her ”
2.
huge body
Troil. IV. iv. 128
“the great bulk
Achilles.”
3.
hull of a ship Tw.N. V. i. 59,
Troil. I. iii. 37
“shallow bauble boats .
. . making their way With those of
nobler bulk,”
II. iii. 280 (Q and mod.
edd. “hulks”).
