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Bible Encyclopedias
Bilge
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(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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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bilge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bilge.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bilge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bilge.html. 1910.
