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Webster 1913 Edition
Bilge
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
(bĭlj)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bilged
(bĭljd)
; 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
,Verb.
T.
1.
(Naut.)
To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
2.
To cause to bulge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bilge
BILGE
,Noun.
1.
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.2.
The breadth of a ship's bottom, or that part of her floor which approaches to a horizontal direction, on which she would rest, if aground. Hence, when this part of a ship is fractured, she is said to be bilged.BILGE
,Verb.
I.