The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593

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Now called bilge—that part of the ship’s bottom that bulges or swells out. When a ship takes the ground and heels over, the bilge bears all the strain, and consequently suffers damage.

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