bulgedadj.
/bʌldʒd/ 1. Forced into a protuberance; swollen.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective]
fullOE
balghc1340
struttinga1398
bouchy1398
bunching1398
bunchy1398
lumpedc1425
bunched1426
bulged1436
knule?a1513
bolling1519
bossed?1541
bossy1543
swelling1544
poked1577
embossed1578
extuberant1578
protuberant1578
protuberated1578
protuberating1578
protubered1578
bunting1584
bellieda1593
gouty1595
bottled1597
buddy1611
hulch1611
hulched1611
jetty?1611
bottle-like1629
bungy1634
extuberating1634
bosomed1646
puffing1661
protuberous1666
tuberant1668
extuberic1680
swollen1688
bellying1700
swelled1704
humped1713
extuberated1727
bottle-shaped1731
ampullaceous1776
hummocky1791
bulging1812
bulgy1847
ampulliform1870
fullish1871
pouchy1884
bumfled1913
1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 155 They com..With bolgit schipis ful craftly.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 213 The crack'd wall, bulg'd and bow'd.
1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §86 The wood-carvers..adopted this bulged form.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > stove in
bouged1580
bulged1619
stove1850
stoven1851
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 470 The huge armada, bulged, & split in the fight.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Bulged,..[spoken of a ship] when she has struck off some of her Timber upon a Rock.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 276 As she was bulged he could not bring her off.
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