bilge

• She had a most absurd swelling bilge, and her buttocks, viewed on a line with her rudder, doubtless presented the exact appearance of an apple. —  The Frozen Pirate
• Afterward, from thy tenth year, I have mixed gunpowder in thy grog; I have peppered thy peaches; I have poured bilge-water (with a little good wholesome tar in it) upon thy melons; I have brought out girls to mock thee and cocker thee, and talk like mariners, to make thee braver. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
• What can it be I suppose it is the bilge-water, Sir," replied Ingram. —  The Privateersman
• In our little cabin in the stern the smell of bilge-water was almost overpowering, and every silver thing we had about us turned black with the sulphureous vapours. —  Southern Arabia
• Airy as our 'cabin' was, bilge-water was our torment We had started on January 23, the weather being cool and overcast, about 11 o'clock, and reached the village of Rakhiout in thirty hours--only forty miles We called there to do a civility to the wali, and leave two soldiers there. —  Southern Arabia

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