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▪ I. bulking, vbl. n.|ˈbʌlkɪŋ|
[f. bulk v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action or process of laying in heaps, or piling without package: also attrib. Cf. bulk v.1 5.
1602Carew Cornwall 33 a, Pilchards..are first salted & piled vp..in square heapes..which they terme Bulking. 1881Scotsman 12 Apr. 3/1 Complaints..made by those interested in the seal fishery against the bulking system.
†2. = bulging, swelling out. Cf. bulk v.1 3.
1599Minsheu Sp. Dict. (1623), Turma de tierra..[The root] is found out by the bulking out of the earth.
▪ II. † ˈbulking, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[cf. bulker1.]
Sleeping out on bulks; street-walking.
1676D'Urfey Mad. Fickle v. i, Now will this damm'd bulking Quean be too witty for me. |