Dictionary entry

Bulge (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bulged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bulging.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.

Broome.