Obs. [prob. a variant of BULGE v. See BULCH sb.1, also BOUGE v., BILGE v.]

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  1.  trans. To stave in (a ship); = BULGE v. 1.

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1582.  Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 21. Wher Ilionus was shipt … And what vessel Abas possest … Were bulcht by billows.

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1586.  J. Hooker, Girald. Irel., in Holinshed, II. 94/2. He might … bulch the … ships if they durst anerre the coast.

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  2.  intr. To swell out; BULGE v. 3.

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1611.  Cotgr., Piece poictreuse, a peece of coyne that rises, bulches, or beares out in the middle.

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