What is to fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel) called?
bilge — (Naut.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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