GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Bilge , n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. Belly, Bulge.]
   The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
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   (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.
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   Bilge water.
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   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 , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bilged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilging.]
    (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
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   To bulge.
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   Bilge, v. t.
   (Naut.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
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   To cause to bulge.
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