English English Dictionary

That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

Bilge water.

To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

To bulge.

To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).

To cause to bulge.

The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

of Bilge

of Bilge

Having the smell of bilge water.

Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.

The production and excretion of bile.

Generating bile.

A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.

Alt. of Bilimbing

The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases.

A woman's ornament; habiliment.

A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates.

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.