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nounNautical. bilge (def. 1d). Also called bilge. Slang. foolish, worthless, or offensive talk or ideas; nonsense; rubbish. Origin of bilge waterFirst recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby bilge waterbi-level, bilge, bilge board, bilge keel, bilge pump, bilge water, bilgy, Bilhah, bilharzia, bilharzial dysentery, bilharziasis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bilge waterThis shews that the word meant the lower part of the hold; and the bilge-water that collects there. Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer It smells of bilge-water and greens to the exclusion of all other scents; no ordinary sea air can hope to head against it. Three Men on the Bummel|Jerome K. Jerome A quantity of ashes was carried down into the bilge-water pump and obstructed the steam-pump. The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson Everything had been gutted and there was a most horrible smell from a foot or two of bilge-water. The Secret Service Submarine|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
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