bilge

n.

1. Nautical.
   1. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
   2. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.
2. Bilge water.
3. Slang. Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
4. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

v., bilged, bilg·ing, bilg·es.

v.intr.

1. Nautical. To spring a leak in the bilge.
2. To bulge or swell.

v.tr.
Nautical. To break open the bilge of.

[Probably alteration of BULGE.]

bilgy bilg'y adj.

noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

n. 1. the area on the outer surface of a ship's hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides.

2. (bilges) the lowest internal portion of the hull.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Defining terms; differences between hard and soft bilges
Strictly speaking, the bilge is the area of a boat’s hull between the vertical sides and the bottom. On most sailboats, it’s a rounded section; on some sailboats and most powerboats, it’s a sharp angle (known as a chine) or series of angles (known as a multiple chine).A hard or firm bilge defines a section that is sharply rounded. An easy or weak bilge is where the

The bilge on the powerboats at top is a sharp angle known as a chine. The bilge on a sailboat (bottom) is called “soft” when the curve between the sides and the bottom is gentle, and “hard” when it’s sharply rounded.

turn is gentle and through fewer degrees. Hard bilges denote good initial stability; easy bilges indicate a hull that is easily heeled at first.A second meaning of bilge is the internal part of a boat below the waterline. In this use, we usually speak of the bilges, in the plural. This is where bilgewater collects, as well as anything else that falls (or jumps) out of your hand, including vital parts for the engine you’re trying to fix. A magnet on the end of a long dowel is a handy tool for retrieving nuts and bolts that disappear into murky bilgewater.Many more-or-less flat-bottomed boats (sailboats with dinghylike hull shapes and fin keels, and semidisplacement or planing powerboats) have shallow bilges below the cabin sole. These easily fill with water, which then sloshes around the cabin, making footing treacherous and soaking gear and provisions.See also Bilge Pumps; Chines; Deadrise.

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An acrid mix of sea water, petroleum products and other brackish material that settles to the bottom of a ship. Also, information that is of no value or garbage. Or to fail at something.

IN BRIEF: The underwater part of a boat where the sides come together to form the bottom.

The bilge of the ship was run onto the rocks.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bug, bund
v. intr. - springe læk

Nederlands (Dutch)
flauwekul, buik, onderruim van. schip, inslaan, een lek krijgen, opzwellen

Français (French)
n. - (Naut) bouchain, renflement, fond de cale, sentine, idioties (npl), foutaises (npl)
v. intr. - (Naut) couler (dans le fond de cale), jaunir (de la peinture), s'enfler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quatsch, Bilge, Bauch, (Seew.) Kielraum
v. - sich ausbauchen, vergilben, (Seew.) im Flach leck werden, (Seew.) beschädigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βρομόνερα, (μτφ.) κουραφέξαλα, σαχλαμάρες, (ναυτ.) σεντίνα

Italiano (Italian)
sentina, carena, sciocchezze

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porão (m) (Náut.), bojo (m) de barril, bobagem (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
днище, чушь

Español (Spanish)
n. - (naut.) pantoque, sentina, barriga de tonel
v. intr. - abultar, abrir una vía de agua

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slag, buk, smörja, nonsens

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
船底, 无聊的话, 船底污水, 膨胀, 船底漏水

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 船底, 無聊的話, 船底污水
v. intr. - 膨脹, 船底漏水

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 배 밑의 굽은 부분(오수), 허튼소리
v. intr. - 배 밑에 구멍이 나다, 누렇게 변색되다, 볼록해지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 船底にたまる汚水, あか, 汚水, ばかげた話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قعر السفينه, مياه قذرة تتجمع في قاع السفينه, هراء, كلام فارغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיפולי האוניה, מי-שיפוליים, זבל, שטויות‬
v. intr. - ‮דלפו (שיפולי האוניה), הצהיב (צבע לבן), התנפח‬

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