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