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Bilge
·noun Bilge water. II. Bilge ·vt To cause to bulge. III. Bilge ·vi To <<Bulge>>. IV. Bilge ·noun ...

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bilge
, or bulge That part of the floor in a ship on either side of the keel which approaches nearer t...

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Goodly trees
Boughs of, were to be carried in festive procession on the first day of the feast of Tabernacles (Le...

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spotted trees
Equivalent to blazed trees, which see. Maine. ...

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witness-trees
In newly settled countries at the West, every mile square is marked by "blazed" trees, and the corne...

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axle-trees
The two cross-pieces of a gun-carriage, fixed across and under the fore and hinder parts of the chee...

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cross-trees
Certain timbers supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees at the upper ends of the lower and top mas...

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trestle-trees
Two strong bars of timber fixed horizontally fore-and-aft on each side of the lower mast-head, to su...

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Algum Or Almug Trees
the former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11,12) These words are...

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Almug Trees
[Algum Or Almug Trees TREES] see Algum Trees ...

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Mulbury Trees
(Heb. becaim). Mention of these is made only in (2 Samuel 5:23,24) and 1Chr 14:14 We are quite unabl...

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bilge-blocks
See sliding bilge-blocks. ...

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bilge-coads
In launching a ship, same with sliding-planks. ...

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bilge-fever
The illness occasioned by a foul hold. ...

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bilge-free
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...

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bilge-keels
Used for vessels of very light draught and flattish bottoms, to make them hold a better wind, also t...

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bilge-keelsons
These are fitted inside of the bilge, to afford strength where iron, ores, and other heavy cargo are...

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bilge-pieces
Synonymous with bilge-keels. ...

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bilge-planks
Certain thick strengthenings on the inner and outer lines of the bilge, to secure the shiftings as w...

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bilge-pump
A small pump used for carrying off the water which may lodge about the lee-bilge, so as not to be un...

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bilge-water
The rain or sea-water which occasionally enters a vessel, and running down to her floor, remains in ...

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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts. ...

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bilge and chimb
See bouge and chine ...

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sliding bilge-blocks
Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...

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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees. ...

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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13. ...

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bung-up and bilge-free
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds. ...

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