Definition of bottom

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Bottom (v. t.) To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.

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Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) 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..
Undergird :: Undergird (v. t.) To blind below; to gird round the bottom.
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..
Bream :: Bream (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping..
Crapaudine :: Crapaudine (n.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.
Water Ouzel :: Water ouzel () Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Scallion :: Scallion (n.) Any onion which does not bottom out, but remains with a thick stem like a leek..
Tailpiece :: Tailpiece (n.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book..
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Sofa :: Sofa (n.) A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture..
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..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Ground :: Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds..
Pot-bellied :: Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot..
Underhung :: Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door..
Chauffer :: Chauffer (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top..
Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
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