BULK. In bulk; things stowed without cases or packages. (See [Bulk-head] and [Laden in Bulk].)
BULKER. A person employed to measure goods, and ascertain the amount of freight with which they are chargeable.
BULK-HEAD, The. Afore, is the partition between the forecastle and gratings in the head, and in which are the chase-ports.
BULK-HEADS. Partitions built up in several parts of a ship, to form and separate the various cabins from each other. Some are particularly strong, as those in the hold, which are mostly built with rabbeted or cyphered plank; others are light, and removable at pleasure. Indeed the word is applied to any division made with boards, to separate one portion of the 'tween decks from another.
BULK OF A SHIP. Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
BULL. An old male whale. Also, a small keg; also the weak grog made by pouring water into a spirit-cask nearly empty.
BULL-DANCE. At sea it is performed by men only, when without women. It is sometimes called a stag-dance.
BULL-DOG, or Muzzled Bull-dog. The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. General term for main-deck guns.
BULLETIN. Any official account of a public transaction.
BULLET-MOULD. An implement for casting bullets.