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bilge (bilj)

noun

  1. the bulge of a barrel or cask
  2. the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull
  3. also bilge water
    1. the bottommost interior part of a ship
    2. water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty
  4. Slang worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense

Etymology: var. of bulge

transitive verb bilged, bilging bilg′·ing

to damage the bottom of (a ship) so that water enters

intransitive verb

to suffer such damage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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