n. - The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
n. - That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
n. - Bilge water.
v. i. - To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
v. i. - To bulge.
v. t. - To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
v. t. - To cause to bulge.