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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
bilge       [bilj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, bilged, bilg·ing.
–noun
1.Nautical.
a.either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
b.Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
c.Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
d.Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
2.Slang. bilge water (def. 2).
3.the widest circumference or belly of a cask.
–verb (used without object)
4.Nautical.
a.to leak in the bilge.
b.(of white paint) to turn yellow.
5.to bulge or swell out.
–verb (used with object)
6.Nautical. to damage (a hull bottom) so as to create an entry for seawater.
[Origin: 1505–15; perh. var. of bulge]
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bilge       (bĭlj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Nautical
    1. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
    2. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.
  2. Bilge water.
  3. Slang Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
  4. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

v.   bilged, bilg·ing, bilg·es

v.   intr.
  1. Nautical To spring a leak in the bilge.
  2. To bulge or swell.

v.   tr.
Nautical To break open the bilge of.


[Probably alteration of bulge.]

bilg'y adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bilge 
1513, "lowest internal part of a ship," also "the foulness which collects there," variant of bulge "ship's hull," also "leather bag," from O.N.Fr. boulge "leather sack," from L.L. bulga "leather sack," apparently from Gaulish bulga.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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bilge

noun
1. water accumulated in the bilge of a ship 
2. where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom 

verb
1. cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel" 
2. take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged" 

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Bilge

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.

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Bilge

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.

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Bilge

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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