Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To spring a leak in the bilge. · To bulge or swell. · To break open the bilge(s) of.
The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. · The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. · The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. · Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).
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- Cognate mentionbulgenenm · to ground or scuttle a ship
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