About The Word Bilge
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Bilge
Bilge Definition And Meaning |
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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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