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bulked, ppl. a.|bʌlkt|
Also 5 (y)bolked.
[f. bulk n.1 + -ed2.]
a. Having bulk, bulky; esp. in comb. big-bulked.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 891 A stalon asse ybolked, brawny. 1583Stanyhurst Descr. Liparen, æneis (Arb.) 137 In this caue the rakehels yrne bars, bigge bulcked, ar hamring. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. T. Ded. xxvii, How this bulked world unto thee bowes. a1843Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. 325 Big bulked volumes of physic.
b. Having its bulk increased; spec. of books (cf. bulk v.1 7) and of yarn (see quot. 1957).
1954J. H. Kennedy in Textile World Oct. 80/2 Pioneering in the field of bulked-Orlon yarns from tow. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Dec. 787/2 Max Reinhardt should ask public librarians for their view of ‘bulked’ books. 1957Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 30 Bulked yarns, yarns which have been treated physically or chemically so as to have a notably greater ‘apparent volume’ or bulk. |