bulk
    n 1: the property resulting from being or relating to the
         greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the
         majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work
         is finished" [syn: majority, bulk] [ant: minority]
    2: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is
       cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of
       correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk,
       mass, volume]
    3: the property possessed by a large mass
    v 1: stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack"
    2: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulge, bulk]

Bulk \Bulk\ (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk
   lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky.
   Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]
   1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size;
      as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
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            Against these forces there were prepared near one
            hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a
            more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon.
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   2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion;
      the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
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            The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them,
            "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." --J.
                                                  Morley.
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   3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
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   4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak.
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            My liver leaped within my bulk.       --Turbervile.
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   Barrel bulk. See under Barrel.

   To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the
      cargo.

   In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate
      packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape
      that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.

   Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in
      the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.

   Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight
      or measure.
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   Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness;
        massiveness.
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Bulk \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Bulking.]
   To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
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         The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the
         moment.                                  --Leslie
                                                  Stephen.
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Bulk \Bulk\, n. [Icel. b[=a]lkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk,
   n. & v.]
   A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]
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         Here, stand behind this bulk.            --Shak.
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Fiber \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.]
   1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the
      tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as,
      the fiber of flax or of muscle.
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   2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a
      fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender
      rootlets of a plant. [WordNet sense 1]
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   3. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a
      person's moral and ethical actions and reactions; sinew;
      strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. [WordNet
      sense 2]

   Syn: character, fibre.
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              Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman.
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   4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax,
      hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
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   5. (Nutrition) that portion of food composed of carbohydrates
      which are completely or partly indigestible, such as
      cellulose or pectin; it may be in an insoluble or a
      soluble form. It provides bulk to the solid waste and
      stimulates peristalsis in the intestine. It is found
      especially in grains, fruits, and vegetables. There is
      some medical evidence which indicates that diets high in
      fiber reduce the risk of colon cancer and reduce
      cholesterol levels in the blood. It is also called
      dietary fiber, roughage, or bulk.
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   6. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper
      or cloth. [WordNet sense 3]

   Syn: fibre, vulcanized fiber.
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   Fiber gun, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw,
      etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with
      steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is
      afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle
      fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.
      

   Fiber plants (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber
      useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.

BULK, contracts. Said to be merchandise which is neither counted) weighed, 
nor measured. 
     2. A sale by bulk, is a sale of a quantity of goods,, such as they are, 
without measuring, counting, or weighing. Civ. Code of Louis. a. 3522, n. 6. 
BULL, eccles. law. A letter from the pope of Rome, written on parchment, to 
which is attached a leaden seal, impressed with the images of Saint Peter 
and Saint Paul. 
     2. There are three kinds of apostolical rescripts, the brief, the 
signature, and the bull, which last is most commonly used in legal matters. 
Bulls may be compared to the edicts and letters-patent of secular princes: 
when the bull grants a favor, the seal is attached by means of silken 
strings; and when to direct execution to be performed, with flax cords. 
Bulls are written in Latin, in a round and Gothic hand. Ayl. Par. 132; Ayl. 
Pand. 21; Mer. Rep. h. t.