BULK

bulk. Bulk, n. size, quantity, a chief part, stall, cargo

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Bulk (bŭlk), n. [[OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b�lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]] 1. 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon. 2. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, “to obtain what by labor can be obtained.” J. Morley. 3. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. 4. The body. Shak.
My liver leaped within my bulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. — To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. — In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. — Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. — Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn. — Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.