bilges

bilge  (blj)

n.

1. Nautical

a. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.

b. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.

2. Bilge water.

3. Slang Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

4. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

v. bilged, bilg·ing, bilg·es

v.intr.

1. Nautical To spring a leak in the bilge.

2. To bulge or swell.

v.tr.

Nautical To break open the bilge of.

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[Probably alteration of bulge.]

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bilgy adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bilges - in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side bilge - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom