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bilges — bɪldÊ’ n. lower part of a ship; garbage, filth (Slang) v. break into the bilge, discover a break in the bilge (lower part of a ship) … English contemporary dictionary
bilges — the lowest internal portion of the hull. → bilge … English new terms dictionary
bilges — noun in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side • Hypernyms: ↑bilge … Useful english dictionary
pump bilges — (of a male) to urinate The water is expelled over the side of a boat: See if you can put a Martini together while I pump bilges. (Clancy, 1989) Also as pump ship … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Grube Bülten-Adenstedt — Der Kaiser Wilhelm Schacht um 1908 Abbau von Brauneisenstein Abbaut … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grube Peine — I/II Die Schachtanlage Peine I/II vom Herrenkamp aus gesehen Abbau von Brauneisenstein … Deutsch Wikipedia
USS Swordfish (SSN-579) — USS Swordfish (SSN 579), a sclass|Skate|submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin.The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth… … Wikipedia
MV Joyita — was a merchant vessel from which 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in 1955. Vessel description and historyVessel constructionThe 69 foot (21 m) wooden ship was built in 1931 as a luxury yacht by the Wilmington… … Wikipedia
bilge — /bilj/, n., v., bilged, bilging. n. 1. Naut. a. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. b. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at… … Universalium
bilge — [[t]bɪ̱lʤ[/t]] bilges 1) N COUNT The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat. 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you say that something written or spoken is bilge, you mean that you think it is untrue or silly. [INFORMAL] I… … English dictionary
