Bulge
(n.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
(n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
(n.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
(v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
(v. i.) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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