1. Noun
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
2. Noun
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. Noun
Bilge water.
4. Verb
To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
5. Verb
To bulge.
6. Verb
To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
7. Verb
To cause to bulge.
8. Noun
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
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