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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

... We were now reduced to a small daily allowance of calavances, which not being sufficient to keep us alive, we had recourse to the remainder of our smoked congers which had been neglected for some months, and had been soaking and rotting in the bilge-water, so that they were now as disgusting food as could be. Under these calamitous circumstances, we again met the Success near port Angels, in lat. 15 deg. 50' N. long. 96 deg. 25' W. Having exchanged signals, we ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr

... Her bilge abaft under the mizzen-chains was just awash; and, the water, deepening from here, as the shore shelved somewhat abruptly, was about the depth of four fathoms or thereabouts by the rudder post, where the bottom could be ...

— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson

... by an iron rod being lowered on the end of a rope, by which the part that came up wet showed the depth of water left in the bilge. When this had been reduced to about a foot in the well, the ship was practically dry, and the afterguard free to bathe and ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... to be stove in, or suffer serious injury in the bilge, which is the bottom part of a ...

— Anson's Voyage Round the World - The Text Reduced • Richard Walter

... which gather so rapidly in the tropical seas. For this purpose he lightened his vessel, thrust her into some narrow inlet where she would be left high and dry at low water, fastened blocks and tackles to her masts to pull her over on to her bilge, and then scraped her thoroughly from ...

— The Green Flag • Arthur Conan Doyle

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