bilge

[bilge]

The bilge is the lowest part of a ship where the bottom curves up to meet the sides. The water that collects there is also called bilge. Since bilge is dirty and smelly, the word is also slang for “nonsense.”

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The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

Noun
where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

Noun
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

Verb
take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged"

Verb
cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"

n.
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

n.
That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

n.
Bilge water.

v. i.
To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

v. i.
To bulge.

v. t.
To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).

v. t.
To cause to bulge.

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.

Bilge

Bilge , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bilged ; 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.

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.

The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).

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