Definition of "bilges" [bil•ges]

• Plural form of bilge. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bilge. (verb)

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• "Next time I see a chief engineer crawling around the bilges will be the first time."
• "I spent the next two years as a messenger, serving coffee to engineers in the propulsion plants, diving in the bilges to retrieve tools dropped by my White counterparts and being barred from the chem lab, where only White sailors were allowed."
• "OOh gosh 20 whole cm women & children first, man the life boats, wind the winches & pump the bilges."