bilging
- present participle of bilge.
Example Sentences
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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 Household, H. W.
Indeed, to make her safe from bilging, Blood ordered a prompt jettisoning of the forward guns, anchors, and water-casks and whatever else was moveable.
From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael
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 Reid, Mayne
The ship continued to beat on the rocks, and soon bilging, fell with her broadside towards the shore.
"And that perhaps you've saved us from bilging?" added Midshipman Hayes.
From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
