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noun

Bilge n.

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.

verb

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.

Bilge v. i. (past & past part. bilged; pres. part. bilging)

1.

(Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

2.

To bulge.

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Etymology of 'Bilge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bilge" Quotes from Famous Books

... the stomach. I experienced a suffocating sensation in my breast and throat, as if my ribs were being compressed inwardly, and my lungs had not room enough to expand and let me breathe. My nostrils were filled with a nauseating smell—the smell of "bilge-water"—for being at the bottom of the hold, I was close to the latter, and could hear it "jabbling" about under the timbers, where no doubt it had lain for a long time. In all these symptoms I had ...

— The Boy Tar • Mayne Reid

... front, Russ and his companion were sufficiently miserable. Their boat constantly shipped water, and they had to use the hand force pump, which, fortunately, was in the craft. A pump was connected with the cylinder cooling apparatus, designed to free the cockpit of bilge water, but the pump would ...

— The Moving Picture Girls at Sea - or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real • Laura Lee Hope

... rattling of the cables weighing anchor. Soon the soft slap of the water around the bow and the regular heaving motion told that the Bozra was under way. The sea-mouse creaked and groaned through all her timbers and her lading. The foul bilge-water made the hold stifling as a charnel-house. Lampaxo, Hib being absent, ...

— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis

... heaving her down for the first half-hour; but as soon as we got her fairly down upon her bilge, we obtained an idea of how stiff the little craft was, even without an ounce of ballast ...

— For Treasure Bound • Harry Collingwood

... a larger meat-tin of water fresh from the marsh. We did the same to make the wine go further, and at last we drank. It was the vilest wine the chemists of Hamburg ever made, though German education favours chemistry; and the water tasted like the bilge of Charon's boat. But it was liquid, and when we had drained the tins—I will not say to the dregs, for Hamburg wine has no dregs—M. Jacques lay back with a sigh and said, "Drink fine ...

— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson

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