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.