buckram vs bulk

buckram

verb
  • To stiffen with or as if with buckram. 

noun
  • A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. 

  • A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic. 

bulk

verb
  • To put or hold in bulk. 

  • To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. 

  • To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. 

  • To grow in size; to swell or expand. 

adj
  • being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.) 

  • total 

noun
  • A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. 

  • The major part of something. 

  • Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. 

  • Dietary fibre. 

  • Size, specifically, volume. 

  • a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. 

  • Excess body mass, especially muscle. 

  • A period where one tries to gain muscle. 

  • Any huge body or structure. 

How often have the words buckram and bulk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )