bulged, ppl. a.
(bʌldʒd)
Also 5 bolgit.
[f. bulge v. + -ed1.]
1. Forced into a protuberance; swollen.
| 1436 Pol. Poems (1859) II. 155 They com..With bolgit schipis ful craftly. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 213 The crack'd wall, bulg'd and bow'd. 1872 Ruskin Eagle's Nest §86 The wood-carvers..adopted this bulged form. |
† 2. Of a ship: With the bottom or sides stove in.
| 1618 Bolton Florus (1636) 315 The huge Armada, bulged, and split in the fight. 1730–6 Bailey, Bulged [spoken of a ship] when she has struck off some of her Timber upon a Rock. 1790 Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 276 As she was bulged he could not bring her off. |