Usually means: Expelling water from a ship.
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  1. bilging: Merriam-Webster
  2. bilging: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bilging: Vocabulary.com
  4. bilging: Wiktionary
  5. Bilging, bilging: Dictionary.com
  6. Bilging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Bilging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. bilging: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bilging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bilge)

noun:  (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
noun:  (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
noun:  (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
noun:  The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
verb:  (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
verb:  (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
verb:  (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
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