Part 1116

<h1>Bilection</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*lec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.</def>

<h1>Bilestone</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bile"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bile</ets> + <ets>stone</ets>.]</ety> <def>A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See <er>Biliary</er>.</def>

<i>E. Darwin.</i>

<h1>Bilge</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bilge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A different orthography of <ets>bulge</ets>, of same origin as <ets>belly</ets>. Cf. <er>Belly</er>, <er>Bulge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Bilge water.</def>

<cs><col>Bilge free</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask.</cd> -- <col>Bilge pump</col>, <cd>a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship.</cd> -- <col>Bilge water</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive.</cd> -- <col>Bilge ways</col>, <cd>the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Bilge</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bilge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bilged</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bilging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bulge.</def>

<h1>Bilge</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bilge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to bulge.</def>

<h1>Bilgy</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the smell of bilge water.</def>

<h1>Billary</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bilis</ets> bile: cf. F. <ets>biliaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; <as>as, <ex>biliary</ex> acids; <ex>biliary</ex> ducts.</as></def>

<cs><col>Biliary calculus</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a gallstone, or a concretion formed in the gall bladder or its duct.</cd></cs>

<h1>Biliation</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The production and excretion of bile.</def>

<h1>Biliferous</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bi*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Generating bile.</def>

<h1>Bilifuscin</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil`i*fus"cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bilis</ets> bile + <ets>fuscus</ets> dark.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.</def>