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Bilge water

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bilge water

 
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–noun
1. Nautical. bilge (def. 1d).
2. Also called bilge. Slang. foolish, worthless, or offensive talk or ideas; nonsense; rubbish.
Origin:
1700–10
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bilge

  [bilj] 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 water  
n.  

  1. Water that collects and stagnates in the bilge of a ship.

  2. Slang Nonsense.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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