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BILGE (a corruption of bulge, from Fr. bouge, Lat. bulga, a bag, deriving probably from an original Celtic word)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 932 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BILGE (a corruption of bulge, from Fr. bouge, Lat. bulga, a bag, deriving probably from an original Celtic word) , the " belly " or widest
part
  of a cask; the broad
horizontal
 
part
  of a
ship
 's bottom above the
keel
 ; also the lowest interior part of the
hull
 ; hence "
bilge
 -
water
 ," the foul
water
  which collects in the
bilge
 . " Bilge-keels " are pieces of
timber
  fastened to the bottom of a
ship
  to reduce
rolling
  (see SHIPBUILDING).


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