Synonymous with bilge-keels.
·noun Bilge water. II. Bilge ·vt To cause to bulge. III. Bilge ·vi To <<Bulge>>. IV. Bilge ·noun ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or bulge That part of the floor in a ship on either side of the keel which approaches nearer t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
See sliding bilge-blocks. ...
In launching a ship, same with sliding-planks. ...
The illness occasioned by a foul hold. ...
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...
Used for vessels of very light draught and flattish bottoms, to make them hold a better wind, also t...
These are fitted inside of the bilge, to afford strength where iron, ores, and other heavy cargo are...
Certain thick strengthenings on the inner and outer lines of the bilge, to secure the shiftings as w...
A small pump used for carrying off the water which may lodge about the lee-bilge, so as not to be un...
Another name for bilge-coads. ...
The rain or sea-water which occasionally enters a vessel, and running down to her floor, remains in ...
Those parts of a made mast which are under the hoops. ...
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...
Solid pieces fitted at the drifts, forming the scrolls on the drifts: they are commonly mitred into ...
The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...
The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...
The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...
Strakes of plank running internally in a line with the decks, for the purpose of receiving the ends ...
Parts of a made mast. ...
When the salt meat is cut up on board ship by the petty officers, the captain and lieutenants are pe...
See pointers. ...
Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as...
See graving-pieces. ...
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...
See bouge and chine ...
Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds. ...