Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Bilge



BILGE

-noun
1. nautical . the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom
2. (often plural) the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom
3. Also called: bilge water . the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge
4. informal . silly rubbish; nonsense
5. the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask
-verb
6. (intr.) nautical . (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge
7. (trans.) nautical . to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak
















These
Don’t
Hold much
In a way
Of  bilge or nonsense

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