See Also: Bilge(medicine)
bilge(dictionary)
bilge(dictionary)
Bilge - Sailing(gambling)
Bilge Pump - Sailing(gambling)

bilge (iou)



bilge noun & verb. Also billage. L15.
[Prob. var. of BULGE noun.]
A. noun.
The nearly horizontal part of a ship's bottom; the lowest internal portion of the hull. L15.
round bilge: see ROUND adjective.
The belly or widest part of the circumference of a barrel or similar vessel. E16.
In full bilge-water. The filth, stale water, etc., which collects inside the bilge of a ship. E17.
b. Nonsense, rubbish, rot. slang. L19.
Comb.: bilge-keel a timber or plate fastened under the bilge of a ship to prevent rolling or to support the ship's weight in dry dock; bilge-pump a pump to draw off bilge-water; bilge-water: see sense 3 above.
b. verb.
verb trans. Stave in the bilge of (a ship). M16.
verb intrans. Spring a leak in the bilge. E18.
verb intrans. Bulge, swell out. E19.
bilgy adjective L19.