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BILGE-WATER, n. Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom.
BILGE-PUMP, n. A burr-pump; a pump to draw the bilge-water from a ship.
BILGE, n. [A different orthography of bulge, and belly, a protuberance.] 1. The ...
BI'LESTONE, n. [bile and stone.] A concretion of viscid.bile.
BI'LEDUCT, n. [bile and L. ductus, a conduit.] A vessel or canal to convey bile.
BILE, n. [L. bilis.] A yellow bitter liquor, separated from the blood in the liv...
BILD'STEIN, n. Agalmatolite, or figure-stone. A massive mineral, with sometimes ...
BILD, v.t. pret. bilded, bilt; pp.id. To construct; to erect; to set up and fini...
BIL'BOES, n. plu. On board of ships, long bars or bolts of iron with shackles sl...
BIL'BO, n. [from Bilboa, in Spain.] A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, fro...
BIL'BERRY, n. The name of a shrub and its fruit; a species of Vaccinium or whort...
BILAT'ERAL, a. [L. bis and latus,side.] Having two sides.
BI'LANDER, n. A small merchant vessel with two masts, distinguished from other v...
BILAM'ELLATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and lamella, a plate.] Having the form of a fla...
BILA'BIATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and labium, a lip.] Having two lips, as the corol...
BIJU'GOUS, a. [L. bis, twice, and jugum, a yoke, a pair.] Having two pairs of le...