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Bilge

Bilge Meaning & Definition
Bilge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bilge?

[n] where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
[n] water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
[v] take in water at the bilge; of vessels
[v] cause to leak; as of vessels

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bilge: bilge water | take in water

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bilge: balderdash | baloney | bilgewater | blah | blah-blah | blain | bleb | blister | blob | bop | bosh | boss | bow | bubble | bulb | bulge | bull | bulla | bullshit | bump | bunch | bunk | bunkum | burl | bushwa | button | cahot | carrion | chine | clump | condyle | convex | crap | dishwater | ditchwater | dowel | ear | flange | flap | flapdoodle | gall | garbage | gas | gnarl | guff | gup | handle | hill | hogwash | hokum | hooey | hot air | hump | hunch | jog | joggle | knob | knot | knur | knurl | lip | loop | lump | malarkey | mole | moonshine | mountain | nevus | nub | nubbin | nubble | offal | offscourings | papilloma | peg | piffle | poppycock | refuse | rib | ridge | riffraff | ring | rot | rubbish | scat | scum | scurf | sewage | sewerage | shit | shoulder | slop | slops | slough | spine | stud | style | swill | tab | tommyrot | trash | tripe | tubercle | tubercule | verruca | vesicle | wale | wart | welt | wind

See Also | bilge | bilges | bottom | damage | H2O | leak | underside | undersurface | vessel | water | watercraft

Bilge In Webster's Dictionary

\Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. {Belly}, {Bulge}.] 1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. 2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. 3. Bilge water. {Bilge free} (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. {Bilge pump}, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. {Bilge water} (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. {Bilge ways}, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.
\Bilge\ (b[i^]lj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bilged} (b[i^]ljd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilging}.] 1. (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge. 2. To bulge.
\Bilge\, v. t. 1. (Naut.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). 2. To cause to bulge.

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