bilaterality (bilateral it i)

[ + -ity.] Same as bilateralism. bilaterally (bi-late-ral-i), adv. In a bilateral manner; on both sides: as, a bilaterally symmetrical larva. ing. [ II. trans. To break or stave in (the bilge or bottom of a ship). bilge-board (bilj'bord), n. In ship - building , one of the boards used to cover the timbers where the bilge-water collects. 2, bilbo ketch , bilbo catch, bilverketcho, etc., bilboquet , OF. billeboquet , billebauquet ; origin obscure.] 1. A gardener's measuring-cord or -line. Cotgrave. 2. The toy called cup-and bilge-coad (biljkōd), n. Same as bilge ways . ball.-3t. An 8-inch mortar for throwing shells. bilge-free (bilj'fre), a . Naut . , so stowed on -4. An implement for curling hair. Fairholt . beds that no weight rests on the bilge: said of bilcock (bil'kok), n. [Also called bidcock , bil -or bid- (origin unknown) + cock1 .] The bilge-keel (biljkēl), n. [ bilge + keel1 .] Naut ., water-rail of Europe, Rallus aquatic us. bildt, bildert. Old spellings of build, builder. bildstein (bild's tin), n. [G.,