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Bilge

Bilge, n.

noun

[A different orthography of bulge, q. v.]

The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
(Naut.) That part of a ship's bottom or floor which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. Hence, when this part of a ship is fractured, she is said to be bilged.

Bilge, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [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; to let in water. Mar. Dict.