How To Use Bilges In A Sentence
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I filled the bilges with diesel and poured gas from the outboard around, and cracked off the regulator on the butane gas tank for the stove.
TROPIC OF NIGHT
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Gallons of sea water had rushed into the cabin and were now swilling about in the bilges.
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He overlooks the damage caused by the relatively small amounts of oil discharged when ships empty their bilges at sea, particularly in the North-West Atlantic.
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It's the same in the bilges and engine room, the chain locker, the staterooms, bridge and captain's quarters, just mounds of slimy, grey-green mud.
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They aren't just cleaning bilges and swabbing decks.
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But ripping yarns of undersea adventure failed to describe stinking bilges and hideous, overflowing buckets of garbage or worse.
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The cause of Sunday's fire was traced to an electrical fault in the bilges of the vessel.
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The Mission has made do with an acting ambassador, flashing a clear message that for all the U.S. "engagement," the chronic need to clean the bilges of the U.N. ranks low among Washington's priorities.
Paging Ambassador Susan Rice
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A common practice is the illegal cleaning of bilges and holding tanks at sea.
The Great Penguin Rescue
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Waste from the ship's bilges is pumped into holding tanks, then run through separators to remove water from the oil.
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So those two junior guys who might be cleaning bilges on a bigger ship are an integral part of this ARG.
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The same device was also used to pump water out of the bilges of ships.
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The bilges had been pumped and the ship was ready to set sail once again.
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It just shows however that you might have to be more protective of the waters that go in and out of the bilges of ships as they come in and out of your harbours.
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However one insider told the Sunday Herald that at the time of the initial leak, coolant was already leaking ‘by the bathtub’ with dozens of litres of irradiated water escaping into the bilges.
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Because it leaves the ground the closest, if the ground is very damp, probable bubble bilges mildewy.
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That's when he saw it, lying in the bilges - Lillian's jadeite hair clip, a gift from her brother.
AMAGANSETT
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We can find it in collection holding tanks, salt water lines, bilges, void spaces, and storage tanks.
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The bilges are firm and ballast is low which makes for a stiff boat that stands up well to a blow.
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However, water in the bilges, moving between the inner and outer skins as the ship rolled, did create a small amount of air movement in the lower deck cabins.
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Blaming their own ignorance, they recount how in the past they would pump oil overboard or let oil collect in their boat's bilges.
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Millions of small oil spills, primarily from ships cleaning their bilges, go unreported and undetected each year.
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They were about to go through a hatchway down to the bilges when they were suddenly accosted by a watchman, who had heard noises and left the party to investigate.
Shadow Knights
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The crabs are among a range of animals - including European green crab and Asian kelp - that have been bought to British shores in ships' bilges and are considered to constitute one of the world's most serious environmental problems.
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Waste from the ship's bilges is pumped into holding tanks, then run through separators to remove water from the oil.
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Miller, the Happy Feet consultant, says tens of thousands of penguins die every year from oil pollution that may occur when ships clean out their bilges.
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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.
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OOh gosh 20 whole cm women & children first, man the life boats, wind the winches & pump the bilges.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This is why the Playboy Mansion sits atop a very high hill.
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Next time I see a chief engineer crawling around the bilges will be the first time.
San Andreas
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Philopator was properly built, with a kelson, and bilges, and a flat-bottomed hull.
Antony and Cleopatra
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Salt water and wet bilges will expedite the deterioration, although 10-15 years is a reasonable life expectancy.
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Federal regulations do not address tank installations in bilges of boats, nor must tank materials be tested for corrosion resistance.
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he asked, pointing at a six-inch pipe that rose from the bilges to about two feet above the deck plating.
SWIMMING TO CATALINA
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Working deep in the hold we find the faithful ones who keep bailing the bilges without regard for the Mate's view on whether they should be doing it or not.
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Nylon panels on the sides of the Geckos eject water like scuppers on a tramp steamer - hop out of the river, take five steps, and the bilges are dry.
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Unfortunately, the long over-hangs, broad bilges, shallow draft and centerboards encouraged by the rule do not make for a boat that is particularly fast upwind.
