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bulk n OED ~ sb1 1 'a heap, spec a pile in which fish are
laid for salting' (cl440-1725), EDD sb3 1 'pile of salted pilchards'
Co, DC n Nfld (1777-) for sense 1; OED 3 'hold of a ship' obs (cl470-1678)
for sense 5; OED 1 c: in bulk (1727-1866) for sense 6.
1 A pile in which split cod-fish are placed in layers (a)
during the process of curing with salt, (b) for storage or shipment when dried;
SALT-BULK.
[1777] 1792 CARTWRIGHT ii, 249 We heaved a pile, piled
some green fish, and washed out two bulks. 1819 ANSPACH 435 They then take up each fish
separately, cleaning carefully back and belly with a woollen cloth, and next lay it in a
long even bulk on the stage to drain... It may remain in drain-bulk no more than two
days. [It is then spread on the flake]. 1883 SHEA 8 It is not more necessary that the
fish should be exposed to the sun to dry than it should be piled and left in bulks to be
gradually matured. 1936 SMITH 92 I lowered myself down in the hold; I landed on a bulk of
fish, and from there crawled off aft. T 43-64 'Twas salted in bulks in the stage. If you
were getting a big lot of fish you'd make two or three bulks in a couple o' days.
Probably about fifty quintals in a bulk. P 245-78 Fish piled mainly in a square or
rectangular fashion [is] usually referred to as a bulk. A bulk is usually about 8 feet by
5 feet. A bulk might have a couple (or even more) layers in one direction and the next
couple or so layers in the opposite direction. 1979 TIZZARD 88 When the salted cod was
taken from the bulk and put in the water it was washed back and front with a woollen
mitt.
2 A quantity of 'seal pelts' heaped in a pile on the
ice; PAN n.
1860-1 Journ of Assembly Appendix, p. 533 A
servant is entitled to his hire, and why not the killer be entitled to his bulk of Seals.
1873 CARROLL 33 The bulks [of seals] were from one quarter to one mile apart.
3 A number of caribou carcasses stored for winter use.
1861 DE BOILIEU 244 After a deer is taken out of bulk a cross-cut
saw is procured, and the animal is sawed in two.
4 A large
pile of logs; cp LANDING.
T 91-64 [The logs would] be piled up in
the woods, and the horses'd come in [to haul it out. We'd] pile in what we call landings;
probably a hundred and fifty in a bulk.
5 Ship's hold.
P 225-60 In the bulk of the ship many kinds of sea life [have]
started [and] made their home in this bulk where fish were stored.
6 Phr in bulk: of fish, sealskins, etc, placed in
layers in a pile for curing, storage or shipment.
[1712] 1895
PROWSE 273 ... ships that fish upon the banks taking cod and sailing and carrying them in
bulk to France. 1832 MCGREGOR i, 225, 229 The seal-skins are spread and salted in bulk,
and afterwards packed up in bundles of five each for shipping... More salt is used for
green fish, or fish remaining long in bulk, than for fish salted on shore, to be spread
out to dry in a few days. 1860-1 Journ of Assembly Appendix, p. 530 Any Seals
found in bulk [on the ice] and not having any person in possession, if found, should be
considered as abandoned. 1863 HIND ii, 230 It is not an infrequent occurrence for the
'catch' to be salted in 'bulk'; that is to say, they are put into the hold of the vessel
without washing, bleeding, or cleansing. [cl945) TOBIN 38 "A Tale of Squid": And 'cured'
the squid in bulk are piled. 1979 Evening Telegram 24 Dec, p. 8 There are four
schooners ... waiting to load fresh herring in bulk.
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Attrib, comb bulk(ed) fish: split and salted cod, (a) undried, (b) dried and
stacked for shipment.
1957 Evening Telegram 23 Nov, p. 3
The St John's fishermen practically kept Job's going this year with bulk fish. 1976
CASHIN 71 It was part of my job to see that the windows and doors of the fish stores were
open, so that the bulked fish would receive the benefit of the cool dry air created by
such winds. 1977 BUTLER 68 When a ship came to Buffett to load bulk fish every man on the
room would be engaged in loading.
bulk wood: timber cut
into logs and piled for transportation.
T 91-64 After the A.N.D.
Company started, they cut bulk wood, drove them right from Millertown to Grand Falls.
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