Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the
         moment.                                  --Leslie
                                                  Stephen.