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

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