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Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

Strathspey :: Strath (n.) A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore..

Aludel :: Aludel (n.) One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation..

Precipitable :: Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.).

Long-waisted :: Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat..

Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles..

Riprap :: Riprap (n.) A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom..

Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

Unbottomed :: Unbottomed (a.) Deprived of a bottom.

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc..

Respondentia :: Respondentia (n.) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself..

Bottom :: Bottom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices..

Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up..

Billyboy :: Billyboy (n.) A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.

Hypothecate :: Hypothecate (v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread..

Precipitate :: Precipitate (n.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface..

Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair..

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