bilging

• present participle

  present participle

  A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.

  of bilge.
  bilge

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bilging

"And that perhaps you've saved us from bilging?" added Midshipman Hayes.

From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

In another instant she would be bilging helplessly among the sands of Africa, or would be on her course free and unimpeded for the shores of America!

From Ran Away to Sea by Mayne Reid

The ship continued to beat on the rocks, and soon bilging, fell with her broadside towards the shore.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

She was bilging fast, with an ominous list to larboard, and it could be no more than a question of moments before she settled down.

From Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

The Trial sloop was a great way to leeward, having lost her mainmast in this squall, and having been obliged, for fear of bilging, to cut away the wreck.

From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by H. W. Household

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