| Bottom (bottom) |
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| n. | (bt"t m) |
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| Bot"tom |
| [OE.
botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D.
bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn,
Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn |
The lowest part of anything;
the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a
hill, a lane, or a page.
The part of anything which is beneath the
contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits,
the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a
ship's hold; the under surface.
That upon which anything rests or is founded, in
a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake,
sea.
The fundament; the buttocks.
An abyss.
Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a
river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
The part of a ship which is
ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good
bottom.
Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
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Of or pertaining to the
bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the
bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
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| Bottom (bottom) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Bot"tom |
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To found or build upon] to fix upon as a
support; -- followed by on or upon.
To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a
chair.
To reach or get to the bottom of.
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| Bottom (bottom) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Bot"tom |
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To
rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with
on or upon.
To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to
impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a
space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
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A ball or skein of thread; a
cocoon.
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| Bottom (bottom) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Bot"tom |
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To wind round something,
as in making a ball of thread.
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